Analysis of Grammatical Interference and its Social Acceptability in Pakistani Context

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• 作者：Summaira Sarfraz ; ^{sumaira.sarfraz@nu.edu.pk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Zahida Mansoor ; Raheela Tariq
• 关键词：Grammatical interference ; social acceptability ; contact-induced ; technology
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：14 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：232
• 期：Complete
• 页码：684-688
• 全文大小：99 K

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The paper aims to look into the first language grammatical interference in the written texts of the non-native speakers of English language and its social acceptability in the Pakistani context. Pakistan is a country of bilinguals, therefore the influence of one's mother tongue on other languages especially English becomes crucial in this context. The linguistic outcomes based on the grammatical interference show the coining of new words with the combination of different borrowed grammatical features. The paper analyzes the grammatical interference and the factors that facilitate the social acceptability of the affected linguistic outcomes. For the purpose of study, one hundred English text samples of the undergraduate students who are non-native speakers of English language were examined. It has been observed that due to strong language contact of Urdu (first language) with English (second language), the first language grammatical interference does affect the written expressions of the non-native speakers of English language and encourage the coining of new words. This contact-induced process is further reinforced by the immense exposure to technology and the wide use of internet. The study indicates that borrowing grammatical features from one language and converting them in other not only encourage the coining of new words but also show that its social acceptability can lead to the emergence of a new language over the period of time.