Role of Code Mixing in the Language Mixing and Urdu Newspapers in Pakistan

Mukhtiar Hassan; Muhammad Sami; Mian Farmanullah; Nabeela Gul

Mukhtiar Hassan Lecturer in English Government Post Graduate College Timergara Dir Lower
Muhammad Sami MPhil in English from Northern university Nowshehra
Mian Farmanullah MS in Linguistics from City University of Science and Technology
Nabeela Gul Lecturer in English Department Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology Hayatabad Peshawar

Abstract

Language-mixing is a phenomenon that results from language interaction, and the fact that it occurs in written speech indicates the pervasive role that language has taken on in the linguistic landscape of multilingual nations. According to Rasul (2006), language mixing is regarded as "a sociolinguistic phenomenon" with interconnected "social and linguistic characteristics" (p. 11). Language-mixing in written, non-fiction publications is something that needs to be observed, as newspapers are read by both the educated and ignorant members of society and serve as a valuable source of information for both.The current study looked into readers' attitudes regarding language mixing in Urdu newspapers. Investigating readers' opinions of language mixing in Pakistani Urdu newspapers was the study's main goal. The purpose of the study was to investigate readers' attitudes toward language-mixing (including borrowing and code-mixing) in Urdu newspapers. This study only includes a sample of readers of Urdu newspapers who work in various professions, including teachers, students, and general readers of Urdu newspapers.The audience for this study was readers of Urdu publications, who were asked about their opinions on linguistic mixing. Purposive sampling was the method used. Three groups, or strata, comprised the sample for this qualitative study: general newspaper readers, students, and teachers. Urdu newspaper readers as a whole came from a variety of educational backgrounds and occupations. The questionnaire was created by the researcher, with some items modified from Bi (2011).150 respondents provided information, including 50 instructors, 50 students, and 50 ordinary Urdu newspaper readers. The full study was carried out after the pilot study. The data's conclusions demonstrated that readers in general, educators, and students all had mixed attitudes toward this kind of blending. While some respondents believed that the overuse of English terminology was unavoidable, others believed that Urdu's lexicon and structure would be destroyed... The study can help policy makers, socio-linguists, and applied linguists understand how English affects Urdu's standing. It is noteworthy to see how English has assimilated into common speech, how it is used in written corpora like newspapers, and how people accept it.

KEYWORDS: language mixing, attitude, multilingual, socio linguists, corpus, newspapers