A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher Education
From its post-colonial history, English enjoys the status of an associated official language in Pakistan today. Since English is used in academic and non-academic settings, it is a natural question whether Pakistanis use English differently from standard British English, and...
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| description | From its post-colonial history, English enjoys the status of an associated official language in Pakistan today. Since English is used in academic and non-academic settings, it is a natural question whether Pakistanis use English differently from standard British English, and what peculiarities they observe. Toanswer this question, this study analyzes 400 student essays in the Pakistani component of the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English. The analysis focuses on non-standard spelling, use of native words, countability, use of articles, numbers, noun combinations, collocations, and confusing nouns. The findings suggest that Pakistani English exhibits distinct features from standard British English in terms of spelling, word choice, and grammar. The study contributes to understanding the use of English in Pakistan and its status as a distinct variety. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-44b6689b25284b65a39a162d291c62a52025-01-28T15:24:31ZengCorpus Research CenterCorporum2617-29172707-787X2024-09-01713355A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher EducationMahmood Ahmad0Humaira Irfan1Muhammad Khalid2University of Education, LahoreDepartment of English, University of Education, LahoreUniversity of Education, LahoreFrom its post-colonial history, English enjoys the status of an associated official language in Pakistan today. Since English is used in academic and non-academic settings, it is a natural question whether Pakistanis use English differently from standard British English, and what peculiarities they observe. Toanswer this question, this study analyzes 400 student essays in the Pakistani component of the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English. The analysis focuses on non-standard spelling, use of native words, countability, use of articles, numbers, noun combinations, collocations, and confusing nouns. The findings suggest that Pakistani English exhibits distinct features from standard British English in terms of spelling, word choice, and grammar. The study contributes to understanding the use of English in Pakistan and its status as a distinct variety.https://journals.au.edu.pk/ojscrc/index.php/crc/article/view/308/179pakistani englishuse of singular nounslearner corpuspakistani corpuspakistani language learners |
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| title | A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher Education |
| title_full | A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher Education |
| title_fullStr | A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher Education |
| title_short | A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher Education |
| title_sort | corpus based analysis of the use of singular nouns by pakistani students in higher education |
| topic | pakistani english use of singular nouns learner corpus pakistani corpus pakistani language learners |
| url | https://journals.au.edu.pk/ojscrc/index.php/crc/article/view/308/179 |
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