Abstract
This study aims at highlighting the process of indigenization in
Pakistani English written discourse. Certain features of
Pakistani English have been found indigenized and variant
because of the influence of Urdu and non-native Pakistani
context. Such variations and modifications result in
indigenization. English in Pakistan is influenced by the sociocultural aspects of multilingual society. It has led to capture the
certain variation in English at all levels. These innovative
changes have been recognized as indigenized features of
Pakistani English because these features occur quite regularly in
different genres in Pakistani multilingual society. The data for
this study comprise Pakistani English novels, short stories and
newspapers. The results of the study suggest that these features
of Pakistani English could be documented in the form of
codification and reference books
Behzad Anwar, Shamshad Rasoo, Muhammad Kamran. (2020) Indigenization in Multilingual Setting: Evidence from Pakistan English Written Discourse, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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