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  • 标题:The Mohajir Identity in Pakistan: The Natives’ Perspective
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  • 作者:Fouzia Khan ; Fehmida Manzoor
  • 期刊名称:International Journal of English Linguistics
  • 印刷版ISSN:1923-869X
  • 电子版ISSN:1923-8703
  • 出版年度:2018
  • 卷号:8
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:14
  • DOI:10.5539/ijel.v8n4p14
  • 出版社:Canadian Center of Science and Education
  • 摘要:

    Analysing narratives as a site of identity constructions and negotiation is an expanding genre in the field of linguistics. The present study explores the Mohajir identity of Urdu Speaking in Pakistan through the narratives of the natives. This research is a qualitative analysis of the narratives that are formed through the semi structured private interviews of Urdu Speaking Mohajir/ immigrants in Pakistan. The interpretive analysis of the interviews reflected the subjective reception of the discursive practices, which were found to be negative and the term “Mohajir” was declared to have an undesirable connotation with the associated discourses having a similar impact. The study recommends that the word “Mohajir” should be excluded from the everyday discourse. There is a need for avoidance of the racist, exclusionary and discriminatory discourses and discursive practices because such discourses eventually become public and generate anti-immigrant sentiments. At the same time discourses of unification should be promoted so as to establish harmonious discursive practices for a peaceful coexistence of different ethnic and linguistic groups living in Pakistan.

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