English in Asia and the Southern Hemisphere (Advanced Seminar) Prof. R. Hickey (Lecturer) WS 2015/16 (Term) The English Language in Pakistan
Names: Duygu Demir and Zekiye Tolun
Course of study: LA-MA
Type of credit: TN=Teilnahme
Module: I (Historical and Social Perspectives on Language) [Duygu Demir] K/Ka (Key Cultural Topics in Context) [Zekiye Tolun] Contents
1. Introduction 2. About the Country: Pakistan 2.1 A Profile of Pakistan 2.2 The History of Pakistan 3. The English Language in Pakistan 3.1 The Role of the English Language in Pakistan 3.2 Language Policy in Pakistan 3.3 Linguistic Aspects of Pakistani English (PakE) 3.3.1 Phonology: Sounds and Phonological Features 3.3.2 Lexical Variations in PakE 3.3.3 The Use of Word-Formation in PakE 3.3.3.1 Compounding 3.3.3.2 Affixation 3.3.3.3 Conversion 3.3.3.4 Abbreviation/Acronyms 3.3.3.5 Blending 4. Conclusion 5. Sources/Recommended Reading Introduction
Name of individual: Zekiye Tolun Course of study: LA MA HRGe Type of credit: TN Module number/letter: Ka Introduction
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Video “Differences between Indian and Pakistani accent“
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXVF7AVY0aI (last accessed 29th November, 2015) 2. About the Country: Pakistan
Name of individual: Duygu Demir Course of study: LA MA GymGe Type of credit: TN Module number/letter: I 2. About the Country: Pakistan
2.1 A Profile of Pakistan
p Official language(s): Urdu, English English -Urdu Hello –salam Thank you -shukriya Friend –dost
p Population: about 185 million p Capital: Islamabad p Key industries: Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing; manufacturing; wholesale and retail trade
Source: Pinon/Haydon 2007: 113. University of Texas at Austin, 2015. “Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection”URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia15/pakistan_sm_2015.gif Source: Hickey 2015. ”Studying Varieties of English”URL: https://www.uni-due.de/SVE/ 2. About the Country: Pakistan
2.2 The History of Pakistan
v Pakistan was part of India until 1947 v Macaulay’s minutes of 1835 v à social and political status of English v Learning English by contact and through schooling v 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: East Pakistan became Bangladesh and West Pakistan became Pakistan
Source: BBC 2007. “After partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh”URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6922293.stm Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 244. Source: BBC 2007. “After partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh”URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6922293.stm 3. The English Language in Pakistan
Name of individual: Zekiye Tolun Course of study: LA MA HRGe Type of credit: TN Module number/letter: Ka 3. The English Language in Pakistan
3.1 The Role of the English Language in Pakistan
v Independence 1947: complex linguistic picture in Pakistan Ø No monolithic linguistic structure in one of the five provinces Ø Integration of English into legal, educational, and other systems v Pakistan maintained English as an official language Ø Key role in economic, educational, social, and political lives of Pakistani people v English became ‘nativized’and ‘vernacularized’ Ø Due to several processes, e.g. economic and social mobility v Majority speaks English as an additional language v Level of language proficiency varies
Sources: Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 244. Mahboob 2012: 531. Haque 1993: 13ff. Name of individual: Duygu Demir Course of study: LA MA GymGe Type of Credit: TN Module number/letter: I 3.2 Language Policy in Pakistan
v General Haq’s government: Islamization and Urduization policies à decrease role of English
v Today: shift of schools from Urdu to English v Greatest use of English in urban areas v Improvement of English language skills: English Language Teaching Reforms project (training to teachers)
Source: Mahboob/Ahmar: 245. Pinon/Haydon 2007: 113. 3. The English Language in Pakistan
Name of individual: Zekiye Tolun Course of study: LA MA HRGe Type of credit: TN Module number/letter: Ka 3.3 Linguistic Aspects of Pakistani English (PakE)
v PakE: heterogenous language à reasons: socio-economic, geographic, and educational background of the people à various first languages of its speakers
è Variation within PakE based on the speakers’first language
v No current researches that explored relationship between PakE and various indigenous languages à current studies focus on native speakers of Urdu
Source: Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 245ff. 3.3.1 Phonology: Sounds and Phonological Features
v Vowels: Two main groups
Invariant vowel Vowels exhibiting realisation variation Vowels were spoken Vowels are varied in their without variation by realization as spoken by Pakistani speaker different speakers Can be further divided into Grouped in monophthongs two sub-groups: and diphthongs Group 1A à vowels are similar to RP1 Group 1B à no variation within Pakistani speakers; different from RP
Source: Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 248f. 1 RP: Received pronunciation Group 1A -Examples: Vowels without variation among Pakistani speakers and similar to RP
Lexical item; PakE RP (based on Monophthongs Oxford Dictionary) HAPPY I I THOUGHT ɔ: ɔ: START ɑ: ɑ: DRESS e e TRAP æ æ STRUT v v GOOSE u: u:
Lexical item; PakE RP (based on Diphthongs Oxford Dictionary) PRICE aɪ aɪ CHOICE ɔɪ ɔɪ MOUTH aʊ aʊ
Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 249. Group 1B -Examples: Vowels without variation among Pakistani speakers but different from RP
Lexical item PakE RP horsES I ə lettER v ə commA v ə NURSE v ɜ: LOT ɔ: ɔ
Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 250. Group 2: Vowels exhibiting variation
Lexical item; PakE RP Monophthongs FOOT ʊ ~ u: ʊ BATH ɑ: ~ æ ɑ: CLOTH ɔ ~ ɔ: ~ o: ɔ
Lexical item; PakE RP Diphthongs FACE e: ~ eɪ eɪ GOAT o: ~ ɔʊ ~ ʊ ɔʊ GOAL o: ~ əʊ əʊ NEAR ɪə ~ eə ɪə SQUARE eə ~ əɪ ~ ɑɪ eə CURE jʊə ~ jeɔ: ~ eɔ: jʊə:
Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 251. Consonants: vRhotic variety of English: refers to pronunciation of /r/
v E.g. [fɔ:rs] ‘force‘; [wɑ:rm]‘warm‘ à postvocalic [r] v This kind of variation is not explored well enough! vRetroflection of [t] and [d]: retroflex stops v realized as v E.g. ‘strut‘and ‘dress‘ v (dentalization) v Use of dental stops instead of dental fricatives à feature of South Asian English v E.g. ‘north‘and ‘then‘
Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 252f. v /v/ and /w/ v No phonemic distinction à realized as allophones of /w/ v E.g. or ‘wind‘
v Clear /l/ v Another feature of South Asian English v Pakistani speakers do not exhibit an allophonic variation of /l/ v E.g. [go:l] ‘goal‘and ‘lot‘
Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 253. Phonological Features
vSpelling Pronunciation/Gemination v Double consonants v E.g. [p] in [hæppɪ] and [t] in [lettʌr]
vVowel reduction v Unstressed vowel automatically reduced to a schwa v E.g. indefinite article ‘a‘, definite article ‘the‘, ‘was‘, words with initial a (like ‘attempt‘) à
vEpenthesis v In a consonant cluster, e.g. [ɪstrɔ:ŋgʌr] ‘stronger‘and [ɪstɑ:rt] ‘start‘ v Between a voiced bilabial stop and an alveolar lateral approximant, e.g. [bɪljʊ] ‘blue‘
Mahboob/Ahmar 2008: 253f. 3.3.2 Lexical Variation in PakE
Lexical items which vary in the meaning from Standard British English (SBE) usage as a result of English-Urdu contact
Some examples…
vColony: different meaning àPakE and Urdu: locality or neighbourhood in which people of the same profession live àSBE: the word estate would be preferred
vMarriage: àSame meaning in PakE and Urdu àEquivalent of SBE‘s wedding àè continued and frequent use in PakE
Talaat 1993: 56ff. Some English items have been fully integrated in Urdu àFill in lexical gaps for which no Urdu-word exists àFrequent use in Urdu has reinforced continued use in PakE
Tallat 1993: 62. Name of individual: Duygu Demir Course of study: LA MA GymGe Type of Credit: TN Module number/letter: I 3.3.3 The Use of Word-Formation in PakE
Compounding
p Rickshaw-wallah –one who drives a rickshaw p Balloonwalla –one who sells balloons Also productive in Urdu: paniwala – one who sells water (pani) p Camel kid – a young boy sent to the Middle East for use as jockeys in camel races p Childlifter – a lifter is a thief Bottle-cap lifter and shop lifter as the only lifter compounds in BrE and AmE p To head-carry - “to carry on the head” p Country-made - “locally made”
Source: Baumgardner 1998:208-210. Affixation
p Urdu-based and English-based formations Suffixation p The –ee and –(i)er suffix very productive in PakE p Earthquake affectees, riot affectees, ... p Denter: “I had to go to my denter to get the car repaired [...]” (Baumgardner 1998:215) p Eve-teaser – a youth who harasses girls
Prefixation p Mostly Urdu-based formations p Anti- and –de productive prefixes p “He said that this decision was anti-shariat in spirit” (Baumgardner 1998:219) p “If I were you, I would de-friend her”(Baumgardner 1998:219)
Source:Baumgardner 1998: 213,215-219. Conversion p majority of PakE conversions adjective-to-noun p faithfuls : “The number of those Pakistani faithfuls who will perfom Umra [...]will cross 120,000 this year” (Baumgardner 1998: 220) p poors: “Political and social sectors have demanded the Government to provide shelter to the poors” (Baumgardner 1998: 220)
Clipping p Common Urdu clippings in PakE: Muj < Muj [ahideen] Pak < Pak[istan]
Source:Baumgardner 1998: 220-225. Abbreviations/acronyms
p d/o < “daughter of” p “In another incident a young girl Rabia Bibi d/o Karim jumped into Lower Jhelum Canal”(Baumgardner 1998: 224) p RA < Raziullah Anha “God is pleased with him”(Urdu abbreviations used in PakE include Arabic expression) p WASA < Water and Sanitation Agency
Source: Baumgardner 1998: 225. Blending
p Lollywood < hind-clipping of Lahore + fore-clipping of Hollywood p Islumabad < Urdu Islamabad + inserted English slum p In some blends only one morpheme is clipped: p Photomachinist < photocopy + machinist p Cricketomacy < cricket + diplomacy
Source: Baumgardner 1998:226. 4. Conclusion
pPakE: heterogenous language pLinguistic aspects of PakE need to be studied in more detail pGreat variation concerning pronunciation of PakE-speaking people à based on their first language pEnglish in political, economic and social areas pUse of Word-formation in PakE: mostly conforms to morphological rules in English
Our own text. 5. Sources/Recommended Reading
Baumgardner, Robert J. . Word-Formation in Pakistani English, in: English World-Wide, Karachi 1998: Oxford University Press, 19,pp. 205–246.
Haque, Anjum Riyazul. The Position and Status of English in Pakistan, in: Robert J. Baumgardner 1993 (Ed.): The English Language in Pakistan. Oxford University Press, pp. 13 –18.
Mahboob, Ahmar. Pakistani English, in: Bernd Kortmann and Kerstin Lunkenheimer (Eds.): The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. Berlin/Boston 2012: De Gruyter Mouton, pp.531 –539.
Mahboob, Ahmar and Ahmar, Nadra Huma. Pakistani English: phonology, in: Rajend Mesthrie (Ed.): Varieties of English 4. Africa, South and Southeast Asia. Berlin 2008: De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 244 –258.
Pinon, Robert and Jon Haydon.English Language Quantitative Indicators: Cameroon, Nigeria, Rwanda, Bangladesh and Pakistan. 2010: Euromonitor International.
Talaat, Mubina. Lexical Variation in Pakistani English, in: Robert J. Baumgardner (Ed.): The English Language in Pakistan. Oxford University Press, pp. 55 –62.
Internet Sources BBC News. 2007. “After partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh”URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6922293.stm (last accessed November 29, 2015).
Hickey, Raymond. 2015. “Studying Varieties of English”URL: https://www.uni-due.de/SVE/ (last accessed November 29, 2015).