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Certified that the contents and form of thesis entitled "Translation as Colonial Discourse: A Cri... more Certified that the contents and form of thesis entitled "Translation as Colonial Discourse: A Critique of the English Translations of Urdu Classic Bagh-O-Bahar" submitted by Mr. Ghulam Ali, have been satisfactory for the requirement of the degree.
This research began with an assumption that Punjabi proverbs are ideologically patriarchal. There... more This research began with an assumption that Punjabi proverbs are
ideologically patriarchal. Therefore, proverbs of different languages
including Punjabi language were explored to find gender representation in them. However, on close analysis it was found that a no such study was conducted on Punjabi proverbs. Thus a sample of 588 Punjabi proverbs specifically dealing with/mention of gender was collected from Saadey Akhaan (Our Provrebs) (Shahbaz, 2004), a dictionary of proverbs. Proverbs were selected through purposive sampling with the help of NORMs. Subject specialists were consulted to transcribe and translate the finally short listed proverbs and to divide them into categories on the base of gender of the characters targeted in them. Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis is used as a theoretical framework. Both quantitative and qualitative methods have been used to analyze the data. The findings reveal that a large number of proverbs are targeted at female characters as compared to male characters. Most of the proverbs targeting females portray them in face threatening manner while those targeting males are mostly face saving. However, proverbs targeting mothers are mostly face saving. This study concludes that Punjabi proverbs hold fast to the principles of traditional society and strengthen patriarchal social set up. Punjabi proverbs not only reflect but also conserve, propagate and perpetuate gender bias. Punjabi proverbs are ideologically loaded rather than being accurate and precious sources of cultural depiction.
The study is carried out to investigate the phenomenon of irony as a result of the flouting of Gr... more The study is carried out to investigate the phenomenon of irony as a result of the flouting of Grice' maxims in Urdu language with respect to Urdu comedy show Hum Sab Umeed Say Hain " We are Hopeful ". It implies interpretation of ironic utterances and suggests different factors that incorporate in meaning making process. Associative meaning of the lexical items, polysemy of words (in bold print), shared knowledge and context are the factors found in order to interpret the ironic statement. It also argues that flouting of quality maxim is not the only source of the creation of irony as Grice proclaims. The results of study show that maxim of manner is the most frequently flouted maxim whereas the other and sometimes more than one maxims are flouted to create irony by Pakistani scriptwriter. Data is taken from the available CDs of the said TV show. Ten utterances are selected from which five are analyzed qualitatively and other five quantitatively.
Certified that the contents and form of thesis entitled "Translation as Colonial Discourse: A Cri... more Certified that the contents and form of thesis entitled "Translation as Colonial Discourse: A Critique of the English Translations of Urdu Classic Bagh-O-Bahar" submitted by Mr. Ghulam Ali, have been satisfactory for the requirement of the degree.
This research began with an assumption that Punjabi proverbs are ideologically patriarchal. There... more This research began with an assumption that Punjabi proverbs are
ideologically patriarchal. Therefore, proverbs of different languages
including Punjabi language were explored to find gender representation in them. However, on close analysis it was found that a no such study was conducted on Punjabi proverbs. Thus a sample of 588 Punjabi proverbs specifically dealing with/mention of gender was collected from Saadey Akhaan (Our Provrebs) (Shahbaz, 2004), a dictionary of proverbs. Proverbs were selected through purposive sampling with the help of NORMs. Subject specialists were consulted to transcribe and translate the finally short listed proverbs and to divide them into categories on the base of gender of the characters targeted in them. Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis is used as a theoretical framework. Both quantitative and qualitative methods have been used to analyze the data. The findings reveal that a large number of proverbs are targeted at female characters as compared to male characters. Most of the proverbs targeting females portray them in face threatening manner while those targeting males are mostly face saving. However, proverbs targeting mothers are mostly face saving. This study concludes that Punjabi proverbs hold fast to the principles of traditional society and strengthen patriarchal social set up. Punjabi proverbs not only reflect but also conserve, propagate and perpetuate gender bias. Punjabi proverbs are ideologically loaded rather than being accurate and precious sources of cultural depiction.
The study is carried out to investigate the phenomenon of irony as a result of the flouting of Gr... more The study is carried out to investigate the phenomenon of irony as a result of the flouting of Grice' maxims in Urdu language with respect to Urdu comedy show Hum Sab Umeed Say Hain " We are Hopeful ". It implies interpretation of ironic utterances and suggests different factors that incorporate in meaning making process. Associative meaning of the lexical items, polysemy of words (in bold print), shared knowledge and context are the factors found in order to interpret the ironic statement. It also argues that flouting of quality maxim is not the only source of the creation of irony as Grice proclaims. The results of study show that maxim of manner is the most frequently flouted maxim whereas the other and sometimes more than one maxims are flouted to create irony by Pakistani scriptwriter. Data is taken from the available CDs of the said TV show. Ten utterances are selected from which five are analyzed qualitatively and other five quantitatively.