Abstract
There is little research thatexamines codeswitching with historical lenses, particularly, with reference to Urdu short stories, therefore, the objective of the study is tounravel the social functions of codeswitching, based on the analysis of Chughtai’sLihaaf, Qudsia’s Toaba-Shikan and Naqvi’s Dopeher ka Khawb from historical perspective. The research is qualitative, the theoretical framework is codeswitching and the three short stories served as the primary source of data collection and analysis. In case of Chughtai, the use of codeswitching stems out of ‘linguistic necessity’, the primary social function of codeswitching. Contrastively, Qudsia and Naqvi’s stories have a number of examples of codeswitching, even where the substitutes in Urdu are available and are also used by the Urdu language speakers. It is found that through a gradual process, codeswitching has become a frequently-used phenomenon in Urdu short stories, not only out of linguistic necessity, but also as a communicative strategy, another social function of codeswitching (Bhatia & Ritchie, 2016). Hence, the study will be instrumental in bringing forth the idea that how languages are in a constant process of formation and change, since, the Urdu language has experienced a transformation, under the influence of English language
Muhammad Shaban Raf, H.M. Zahid Iqbal,. (2017) Codeswitching in Urdu Short Story: A Comparative Study of Ismat Chughtai’s Lihaaf, Bano Qudsia’s Toaba-Shikanand Sumaira Naqvi’s Dopeher Ka Khawab , The ELF Annual Research Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1.
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