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Name: Dr. Umaima Kamran
Designation: Associate Professor
Department: Department of English


Qualifications: PhD in English Linguistics
Got 3.41CGPA out of 4 in course work

PhD thesis in the field of ‘Phonetics and Phonology’ on ‘Stress Patterns in Pakistani Standard English’. International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

MPhil English (Linguistics)
Got 3.94 CGPA out of 4.

Research in the field of ‘Pragmatics’ on’ Presupposition and Implicatures in the language of advertising’

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Pakistan


M.A English Language and Literature

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Pakistan

M.A Urdu Language and Literature

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Pakistan.


Phone: +92-51 9064-3056
Email: umaima@qau.edu.pk
Status: On Job
Other Weblink: https://www.qau.edu.pk/profile.php?id=umaima

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Research Interests Publications Conferences Research Projects

  • Pakistani English
  • Phonology of Pakistani Languages
  • Metrical Phonology
  • Optimality Theory
  • Spectrographic Analysis
  • Pragmatics
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    1.     ‘Postcolonial Subject as Modern Orient: A Critical Analysis of Shamsie’s Home Fire’ in International Journal of Linguistics and Culture ISSN (P): 2707-6873, ISSN (O): 2788-8347

    Vol 2, No.2, pp 150-171 (December 2021).

     

    2.     ‘Historical Developments of Pushto and Sogdian Phonologies from the Proto-Iranian Languages’ in Journal of Asian Civilization, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan. Vol. 44, No. 1, pp 111-137 (June, 2021).

     

    3.     ‘Metaphors of Terrorism in Political Discourses in Pakistan’ in Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan. (ISSN: 1994-7046) Volume 28 Issue 1pp 143-159 (Spring, 2020).

    4.     Comparison of Preferred Apology Strategies Across Pakistani and American Discourse’ in Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan. (ISSN: 1012-7682) Volume XLI Issue 1 pp.223-242 (2020).

    5     ‘Syllable Structure of Pakistani English in Phonological Theory’ in The Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR), e-ISSN 2616-793X. Volume: V Issue I pp. 300-312 (2020).

    6. ‘Mediating Intimacy through Phatic Tokens in Social Media Communication: A Pragmatic Inquiry’ In Pakistan Social Sciences Review (PSSR), P-ISSN 2664-0422 O-ISSN 2664-0430. Vol. 3, No.2 pp. 229-240 (December 2019).

    7.  ‘Phonemic Inventory of Khowar Language: An Acoustic Analysis’ in Global Regional Review ISSN (Print): 2616-955X.

                 Vol. IV, No. IV pp. 369 ‒ 380 (2019).

    8.  ‘Direction Metaphors in Political Discourse: Imran Khan and the Rhetoric of Change’ in the Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR), ISSN 2520-0348 Volume: IV Issue III pp. 77-86 (2019).

    9. ‘A Critical Discourse Analysis of President Musharraf’s Speeches: Legitimizing War on Terror’ in The Dialogue ISSN # 1819-6462 Qurtuba University of Sciences & IT Peshawar, Pakistan Volume: 14 Issue 4 pp. 232-241 (2019).

     10.   ‘Analyzing Writing Needs of MBA Students: A Case Study of IIUI’ in Global Regional Review ISSN (Print): 2616-955X. Vol. IV, No. III pp. 382 ‒ 389 (Summer 2019).

     11.    ‘Phonology/Morphology/Syntax Interfaces in Pakistani Languages’ in Global Language Review ISSN(Print): 2663-3299 Vol. IV, No. I pp. 35-45 (Spring 2019).

     12.  ‘A Phonological Study of Eastern Balochi of Dera Ghazi Khan in Historical and Areal Perspective’ in Journal of Asian Civilization, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan. Vol. 41, No. 2, pp 113-131 (Dec 2018).

     

    ·        13.   ‘International Arab Students’ Attitude Towards Learning English’ in Global Regional Review ISSN (Print): 2616-955X.

    Vol. III, No. I, pp 389 ‒ 401(2018).

     14.       ‘Neologisms in Pashto and their Currency in the Kandahari Dialect spoken in Quetta and Kandahar’ in Hayatian Journal of Linguistics and Literature (HJLL) University of Gujrat, Pakistan. ISSN: 2521-568X vol. 2 pp. 3-18 (2018).

    15.   ‘A Typological Study of Personal Pronouns of Pakistani Languages’ in Mother Tongue Horizons for Education and Research. Gandhara Hindko Board, Peshawar, Pakistan. Vol. 2, issue no.1, pp. 34-62 (2018).


    16.  ‘Optimality theory analysis of Syllable Structure of Pakistani English’ in Kashmir Journal of Language Research ISSN-1028-6640 Vol. 20, no.2, pp. 01-16 (2017).


    17.     ‘Lexical Stress and Foot Patterns of Pakistani English’ in Erevna: The Journal of Linguistics and Literature. Department of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Air University Islamabad, Pakistan. ISSN 2521-5078 Vol1, no 2 (2017).

    18. ‘Effects of Texting on Students’ Spelling in Academic Writing’ in DIMENSION JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesia. ISSN: 2085-5737 Vol XII pp. 91- 120 (2017).  

    19.      ‘Historical Background of Seraiki Language and Phonological Comparison of its Varieties’ in Mother Tongue Horizons for Education and Research (2017) Vol.1, Gandhara Hindko Board, Peshawar, Pakistan.  http://www.gandharahindko.com/book/mother/

    20.        ‘Analyzing Common Errors in English Composition at Postgraduate Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)’ Bulletin of Education and Research ISSN-0555-7747 Vol. 38, No. 2 pp. 53-67 (December 2016).

    21.       ‘Comparing Consonantal Phoneme of Pakistani Standard English with British Standard English’ Kashmir Journal of Language Research. ISSN-1028-6640 Vol. 14 no. 1 pp. 29-48 (2011).

    22. Edited book ‘The Operational History of 3 Commando Battalion’ (2017)

    ·         ‘Use of Mnemonic Techniques in Teaching Spelling’ English’ in 35th SPELT International Conference 20-21 December 2019.

    ·         ‘Syllable Structure of Pakistani English in Phonological Theory’ 5th International conference of ISLE in the Institute of English Studies, Senate House, University College of London, UK. (17-20 July, 2018)

    ·         ‘Stress and Foot Patterns of Pakistani English’ in 33rd SPELT International Conference ‘Glocalization: Think Global, Act Local’. (4-5th November, 2017)

    ·          ‘Neologisms in Pashto and their Currency in the Kandahari Dialect spoken in Quetta and Kandahar’ in 1st Social Sciences Conference 4-5 November 2015 at Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad.

    ·         Article titled as: ‘Historical Background of Saraiki Language and Phonological Comparison of its Varieties’ is presented at 3-Day1st International Conference of Linguistic Association of Pakistan held at Kennaird Women College, Lahore (October 7-9, 2015).

    • ‘Phonology/Morphology/Syntax Interfaces in Pakistani Languages’ is presented at ‘2nd Kashmir International Conference on Linguistics’ (May 4-5, 2015).
    • Research article on ‘Teaching English Pronunciation by focusing on Pakistani English phonology’ is presented in 4-day (2nd - 5th Dec, 2014) International conference organized by ‘International Journal of Sciences and Arts (IJAS) held at Freiburg, Germany.

    ·         A Paper ‘Effects of English Language Hegemony on Pakistani Languages and Culture’ is presented in a 3 Day Interactive International Writers Conference in Islamabad from 15 to 17 June 2014. The Theme of the Conference was: "Designs of Global Hegemony and Writers Role in Defense of Heritage, Culture and Peace"

    • ‘Syllable Structures of Saraiki Language’ is presented in two-day national conference on “Deconstructing the Wasaib understanding of Saraiki” at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan (13-14 May, 2014)
    • ‘Analyzing Stress Patterns in Pakistani English’ presented at Ist Kashmir International Conference on Linguistics (May 15-16, 2013) University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad.

    ·          Research article ‘Comparative Study of Phonemic Inventory of Hindko and Saraiki’ on the 2nd International Hindko Conference, Gandhara Hindko Board Pakistan (17-18 Nov, 2012).

    ·          ‘Identifying presupposition and implicature in the language of advertising’ on the International Conference of Social Sciences, (27th-29th April 2012) at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.

    Consultant as Language expert for project of description of Seraiki, Center of Advanced study of Language, University of Maryland, USA. (May, 2015-December, 2016)

     

    Collaborative Researcher at the Department of Language and Linguistic Studies, University of York, UK in the research project on ‘CDI of Urdu Language development’ since spring semester, 2014

     

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