Abstract
The present study is an attempt to explore and compare the
patterns and frequencies of usage of logical connectors in
Pakistani and British English newspapers. Logical connectors are
important tools that make the written and spoken discourse
rationally more connected and cohesive. Non-native speakers of
English often confuse spoken mode with written communication
and certain expressions that are suitable for spoken are
transformed and applied in written discourse. It results in a
combination of such propositions that are semantically and
logically less related to each other. Present study aims to study
whether the same trend exist in the Pakistani English and British
newspapers. Pakistani English and British newspapers columns
were studied from June to July 2016. Antconc software has been
used to compare and contrast the use of logical connectors in both
corpora. The results of the present study revealed that there is a
significant difference in the use of connectors in both corpora.
Pakistani column writers use more logical connectors as
compared to the British. This overuse of logical connectors
suggests the influence of Urdu, Pakistani writers tend to use
certain expressions that the native would simply avoid in
columns writing.
Behzad Anwar, Tabassum Iqbal, Shamshad Rasool. (2020) Logical Connectors in Newspapers: A Comparative Study of Pakistani And British Columns, Journal of Media Studies, Volume-35, Issue-1.
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