Behzad Anwar
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4148222 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Behzad Anwar |
| NOMBRES | Behzad |
| APELLIDO | Anwar |
| FIRMA | ANWAR B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Gujrat |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4208-368X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Complexity in academic discourse
The present study examines the use of nominal groups, focusing on their types and functions in academic writing, by analyzing a corpus of Pakistani English Research Articles (PERAC). The corpus has been compiled by taking 52 English research articles written by Pakistani scholars in the field of linguistics. After categorizing the nominal groups into simple, pre-modified, and post-modified, the corpus was annotated with the help of TagAnt (2.1.1)…
Of Stallions, Springs, Squalls, and Swords
Figures of speech, particularly similes and metaphors, have been an area of interest for researchers for many decades. The present study offers a corpus-based feminist stylistic analysis of similes in Tariq Ali’s The Islam Quintet . The study primarily aims to examine how figurative language contributes to the construction of gendered identities. Using a hybrid qualitative–quantitative approach, similes are thematically categorized and analyzed w…
Graduation markers in sports news
The bias in sports news reporting is usually influenced by the language and culture of journalists, who have a tendency to be subjective and ideological. This study examines the role of graduation markers (linguistic resources utilized to escalate or reduce attitudes and judgments) in sports news reporting in two institutionalized forms of English: The British (inner circle) and the Pakistani (outer circle) English. To support the conceptual and …
Metaphors by Which We Are Constructed
Motivational role of teachers in developing English speaking skills of Pakistani university students
This research explores the motivational role of teachers in developing and enhancing the English-speaking skills of university students in Punjab Province, Pakistan. Mastery of English is essential since it is used as a global lingua franca in education, science, technology, business, and cultural exchange. However, psychological barriers, traditional teaching methods, and imbalanced assessment systems that place more emphasis on reading and writ…
Evaluating the effectiveness of digital scenario-based English teaching at the university level using the artificial intelligence generated content
This study evaluates the effectiveness of digital scenario-based English conversation teaching at the university level using Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC). This study aims to design a digital-scenario-based AIGC teaching model, to evaluate its effectiveness on the learning experience and communication skills of the students, and to identify the pedagogical and technical challenges related to it. Through the mixed-method approac…
Navigating Gendered Literary Texts
Fragmented Anatomical Parts and Gender Representation
Figurative language and gender construction
Forensic Linguistics
Language of law is a register. Register used in banking courts has its own features. This study highlights the stylistic features of the legalese in Pakistan. Forensic linguistics helps to understand language used in legal contexts .Population of the study is legalese of banks but it is delimited to the banking case judgments, writ petitions and criminal appeals as the sample. Data has been collected from online websites of banking courts. Corpus…
Freedom, Authenticity and Responsibility
Greek drama is commonly believed to be the tragedy of fate and Aeschylean trilogy is, likewise, studied from Fatalistic perspectives most of the time. However, Aeschylus's vision has mostly been partially understood. This research aims to explore certain Existentialist elements in The Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus. Since it is qualitative research, Textual Analysis has been employed to collect and analyse data. An in depth and close study of the …
Patriarchy and Counter Discourses
The present study is a critique of an African English novel Nervous Conditions to explore how the writer speaks back to the patriarchal oppression. For this purpose, the researchers intend to explore the patterns of female subordination in African patriarchal society and the ways with which women resist this oppressive system as embedded in Nervous Conditions . The study utilizes Walby's (1990) concept of 'private patriarchy' from his theory of p…
Covert nominals and argument ellipsis in Punjabi
The focus of the study is to find out the potential identity of null arguments in Punjabi. However, the paper provides different patterns of interpretations of null arguments present in Punjabi by keeping in view the propositions of Takahashi (Citation2012, July). The special focus is given on the phenomenon named as Argument Ellipsis (AE), which is used as syntactically mediated process for investigating the relationship of verbal agreement and …
Nationalist Approach in Appropriating Traditional and Modern Identity in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel
Wole Soyinka, an African dramatist, has represented Nigerian culture and traditions in his works. He has highlighted the post-colonial context and the resistance by the natives to European cultural hegemony. This research paper aims at exploring the nationalist approach in explaining the current state of values and the attitude of people in Nigeria through a nationalistic idea that ascribes gender roles in its attempt to retain true self-identity…
Nativisation and Variation of Discourse Markers in Pakistani English
This study aims at analyzing nativisation, variation and categorization of Discourse markers in Pakistani English by the application of Fraser (1999) taxonomy of discourse markers. The data is drawn and analysed manually. Two corpora: BNC and PENC are used for identifying nativisation and variation. First 100 occurrences of BNC are taken into consideration for the study of functions and positions of discourse makers. Data is shown in tables and i…
Indigenization in Multilingual Setting
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 …
British or American English
This paper analyses the features of American English found in Pakistani English newspapers and accounts for those features quantitatively with reference to British English. Pakistani journalistic English has the tendency to become more Americanized in the recent era. There is a shift from British English to American English in Pakistani newspapers and this brief study aims to show the growing influence of American English on Pakistani English. Am…
British or American English
This paper analyses the features of American English found in Pakistani English newspapers and accounts for those features quantitatively with reference to British English. Pakistani journalistic English has the tendency to become more Americanized in the recent era. There is a shift from British English to American English in Pakistani newspapers and this brief study aims to show the growing influence of American English on Pakistani English. Am…
Indigenization in Multilingual Setting
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 …
Nativisation and Variation of Discourse Markers in Pakistani English
This study aims at analyzing nativisation, variation and categorization of Discourse markers in Pakistani English by the application of Fraser (1999) taxonomy of discourse markers. The data is drawn and analysed manually. Two corpora: BNC and PENC are used for identifying nativisation and variation. First 100 occurrences of BNC are taken into consideration for the study of functions and positions of discourse makers. Data is shown in tables and i…
Nationalist Approach in Appropriating Traditional and Modern Identity in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel
Wole Soyinka, an African dramatist, has represented Nigerian culture and traditions in his works. He has highlighted the post-colonial context and the resistance by the natives to European cultural hegemony. This research paper aims at exploring the nationalist approach in explaining the current state of values and the attitude of people in Nigeria through a nationalistic idea that ascribes gender roles in its attempt to retain true self-identity…
Forensic Linguistics
Language of law is a register. Register used in banking courts has its own features. This study highlights the stylistic features of the legalese in Pakistan. Forensic linguistics helps to understand language used in legal contexts .Population of the study is legalese of banks but it is delimited to the banking case judgments, writ petitions and criminal appeals as the sample. Data has been collected from online websites of banking courts. Corpus…
Freedom, Authenticity and Responsibility
Greek drama is commonly believed to be the tragedy of fate and Aeschylean trilogy is, likewise, studied from Fatalistic perspectives most of the time. However, Aeschylus's vision has mostly been partially understood. This research aims to explore certain Existentialist elements in The Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus. Since it is qualitative research, Textual Analysis has been employed to collect and analyse data. An in depth and close study of the …
Patriarchy and Counter Discourses
The present study is a critique of an African English novel Nervous Conditions to explore how the writer speaks back to the patriarchal oppression. For this purpose, the researchers intend to explore the patterns of female subordination in African patriarchal society and the ways with which women resist this oppressive system as embedded in Nervous Conditions . The study utilizes Walby's (1990) concept of 'private patriarchy' from his theory of p…
Covert nominals and argument ellipsis in Punjabi
The focus of the study is to find out the potential identity of null arguments in Punjabi. However, the paper provides different patterns of interpretations of null arguments present in Punjabi by keeping in view the propositions of Takahashi (Citation2012, July). The special focus is given on the phenomenon named as Argument Ellipsis (AE), which is used as syntactically mediated process for investigating the relationship of verbal agreement and …
Figurative language and gender construction
Motivational role of teachers in developing English speaking skills of Pakistani university students
This research explores the motivational role of teachers in developing and enhancing the English-speaking skills of university students in Punjab Province, Pakistan. Mastery of English is essential since it is used as a global lingua franca in education, science, technology, business, and cultural exchange. However, psychological barriers, traditional teaching methods, and imbalanced assessment systems that place more emphasis on reading and writ…
Evaluating the effectiveness of digital scenario-based English teaching at the university level using the artificial intelligence generated content
This study evaluates the effectiveness of digital scenario-based English conversation teaching at the university level using Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC). This study aims to design a digital-scenario-based AIGC teaching model, to evaluate its effectiveness on the learning experience and communication skills of the students, and to identify the pedagogical and technical challenges related to it. Through the mixed-method approac…
Navigating Gendered Literary Texts
Fragmented Anatomical Parts and Gender Representation
Complexity in academic discourse
The present study examines the use of nominal groups, focusing on their types and functions in academic writing, by analyzing a corpus of Pakistani English Research Articles (PERAC). The corpus has been compiled by taking 52 English research articles written by Pakistani scholars in the field of linguistics. After categorizing the nominal groups into simple, pre-modified, and post-modified, the corpus was annotated with the help of TagAnt (2.1.1)…
Of Stallions, Springs, Squalls, and Swords
Figures of speech, particularly similes and metaphors, have been an area of interest for researchers for many decades. The present study offers a corpus-based feminist stylistic analysis of similes in Tariq Ali’s The Islam Quintet . The study primarily aims to examine how figurative language contributes to the construction of gendered identities. Using a hybrid qualitative–quantitative approach, similes are thematically categorized and analyzed w…
Graduation markers in sports news
The bias in sports news reporting is usually influenced by the language and culture of journalists, who have a tendency to be subjective and ideological. This study examines the role of graduation markers (linguistic resources utilized to escalate or reduce attitudes and judgments) in sports news reporting in two institutionalized forms of English: The British (inner circle) and the Pakistani (outer circle) English. To support the conceptual and …
Metaphors by Which We Are Constructed
Linguistics (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Art (5 obras) · Philosophy (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Gender Studies (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Aesthetics (3 obras)