Author(s):
1. FaizaLatif:
Department of Sciences and Humanities, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore, Pakistan.
2. Maleeha Nazim:
Department of Sciences and Humanities, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore, Pakistan.
3. Muhammad Tahir Rasheed:
Department of Sciences and Humanities, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore, Pakistan.
4. Summaira Sarfraz:
Department of Sciences and Humanities, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore, Pakistan.
Abstract:
The study aims to explore the different types of discourse markers used in Punjabi newspaper Bhulaikha published in Pakistan. The main function of discourse markers is to increase the cohesive connections between the units of talk and text. DMs act as fillers and are syntactically independent. The Punjabi language belongs to the Outer Circle of Indo-Aryan and there are also other Indo-Iranian languages surrounding such as Pashto, Lahanda, Sindhi, Hindi-Urdu, and Kashmiri. The control of language is significant and this goes to be troublesome particularly in the newspaper. The use of discourse markers helps greatly in the resolution of the intended meaning in newspaper writing. Purposive sampling technique was used and 50 headlines from Punjabi newspaper Bhulaikha were selected. The research is a corpus-based study that adopted a descriptive design. Fraser [2009] taxonomy was used as a tool to represent the targeted DMs. The results of the quantitative analysis demonstrate that 33 DMs were used and two types of DMs were employed in the Punjabi newspaper i.e. temporal and elaborative.
Page(s):
367-370
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Science International, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Year: 2020
Keywords:
Purposive sampling
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Fillers
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Print Media
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Discourse Markers
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Cohesive Connections
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