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The English Language in Pakistan Google Origiral frcn1 0191t1zea by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Google Onglral from D•g•tizeo L UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN The }:nglish Language /' in Pakistan Edited lJy Robert J. Baumgardner Karachi Oxford University Press Oxford New York· Delhi 1993 Google Orlglr.al from o'Q'"" b, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN f" 1.=:. Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford ox2 6DP "< OXFORD NEW YORK TORONTO 'J-{),)___ .J DELHI BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI p;· KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE HONG KONG TOKYO ' NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN MELBOURNE AUCKLAND MADRID and associated companies in BERLIN IBADAN Oxford is a trade mark of Oxford University Press «:>Oxford University Press 1993 All rights reserved. No pan of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which ii is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchase. First Edition 1993 ISBN 0 19 577444 2 Designed by Pagemakers Desktop Publishing, Islamabad Printed al The Army Press (Regd), Rawalpindi Published by Oxford University Press 5-Bangalore Town, Sharae Faisal P.O. Box 13033, Karachi-75350, Pakistan Google rron1 Origi~al oig1tlze1lby UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN In Memory of R. K. Tongue friend and mentor GOl)gle Original from 01g1t1ze~ oy UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Go ·gle OrlglNI trom 01g1uzeo c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Contents Page . Acknowledgements IX list of Tables x Note on Transcription XI Introduction XIII Roben J. Baumgardner I. LANGUAGE BACKGROUND 1. English in South Asia: A Historical Perspective 3 Ahmed Ali 2. The Position and Status of English in Pakistan 13 Anjum Riyazul Haque 3. English Language Publishing in Pakistan 19 Shayan Afzal Khan and Jane Ann Lindley II. LANGUAGE VARIETY 4. English in Non-Native Use: A Second-Language View 33 Anjum P. Saleemi 5. The lndigenization of English in Pakistan 41 Robert J. Baumgardner 6. Lexical Variation in Pakistani English 55 Mubina Ta/aat 7. Native and Non-Native Grammars of English 63 Anjum P. Saleemi Google Original from 0191t1zed by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN VIII 8. Of Dacoits and Desperados: Crime Reponing in 69 Pakistani English Audrey E. H. KenMdy m. LANGUAGES IN CONTACT 9. The Urduization of English in Pakistan 83 Robert J. Baumgardner, Audrey E. H. Kennedy. and Fauzia Shamim 10. A Bribe by Any Other Name . . . : Terms of Gratification 204 in Pakistani English Audrey E. H. Kennedy 11. New English Creative Writing: A Pakistani Writer's 212 Perspective Bapsi Sidhwa 12. The Use of English in Urdu Advenising in Pakistan 221 Shaheen Meraj IV. LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY 13. Utilizing Pakistani Newspaper English to Teach Grammar 255 Robert J. Baumgardner 14. The Use of Local Contexts in the Design of EST Materials 274 Robert J. Baumgardner and Audrey E. H. Kennedy References 284 Notes on Contributors 303 Index 306 Google Original frcm oig1t1ze-0 by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Acknowledgements Oxford University Press and the Editor would like to thank the following publishers for permission to reprint the anicles listed below: Cambridge University Press for The lndigenization of English in Pakistan by Robert J. Baumgardner. 1990. English Today 6(1):59- 65. Pergamon Press for The Position and Status of English in Pakistan by Anjum Riyazul Haque. 1983. World Language English 2(1):6- 9. Utilizing Pakistani Newspaper English to Teach Grammar by Robert J. Baumgardner. 1987. World Englishes 6(3):241-52. The United States Information Agency for English in Nonnative Use: A Second-Language View by Anjum P. Saleemi. 1985. English Teaching Forum XXXIIl(2):16-20. The Use of Local Contexts in the Design of EST Materials by Robert J. Baumgardner and Audrey E. H. Kennedy. 1991. English Teaching Forum XXIX(l):40-2. Baumgardner (1987 and 1990), Baumgardner and Kennedy (1991), and Haque (1983) have been slightly revised for the present volume. We would also like to thank The Frontier Post (Lahore and Peshawar), The Nation (Lahore). and The News (Lahore) for permis sion to reprint the canoons which appear in this volume. Google Original frcm oig1t1ze-0 by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN List of Tables Page 3.1 Statistics of Textbook Publishing in Pakistan 21 3.2 Statistics of Book Publishing in Pakistan 23 3.3 The Press in Pakistan (Dailies) 25 3.4 The Press in Pakistan- Language-wise Distribution 26 3.5 The Press in Pakistan-Province-wise Distribution 28 8. 1 The Perpetrators in Crime Reporting 70 12. l Average Circulation of Newspapers and Periodicals 222 12.2 Language of Product Names 225 12.3 Script of Product Names 226 12.4 Language of Manufacturers' Names 227 12.5 English Words before Manufacturers' Names 228 Google Origlr.al from 01g1tizea by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
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