EXPLORING CODE-SWITCHING AND CODE-MIXING IN CLASSICAL AND MODERN PAKISTANI DRAMAS: A LABOV-BOURDIEU ANALYSIS
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Code-Switching, Code-Mixing, Labov-Bordieu, Explore, Purposive SamplingAbstract
The study aims to investigate the functions of Code-Switching and Code-Mixing in dramas based on Classical and Modern plays. The study employs Labov’s theory of Variationist, that explains about the change of language in society and Bourdieu’s theory of Capitalism that explores how language transition helps to identify power dynamics and social identity. The objective of the study is to find out CM and CS in the dramas as well as which factors influence this phenomenon. This study adopts qualitative method for conducting research. It contributes largely to the field of dramas as media plays an important role in exploring characters in their social set up. The data set of the study is based on the extraction of the dialogues which were eighteen in number and for each drama three dialogues were selected from different episodes as a purposive sampling. The findings reveal that in Classical time period Morphological CS and in Modern plays Intrasentential CS is used largely that shows that in early times, the mixing was based on the words but in Modern plays it is based on the mixing within a sentence. This shows that due to multiple factors, these trends have changed with the fast pace of time. The study concludes that use of CS and CM are essential tools for communication as these findings give clue to future researchers to explore this genre in the perspective of language transition.
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