MORPHOSYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF URDU–ENGLISH CODE-SWITCHING OF TWEETER ACTIVISTS IN PAKISTAN
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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.5012Keywords:
Multilingual, Code-Mixing, Morphosyntax, Economic Globalization, Decent Jobs (SDG8)Abstract
The paper explores code-switching and mixing at both levels of linguistics, Morphology and Syntax. These are frequently used terms by bilingual or multilingual during an everyday formal or informal conversation. In this paper, these terms are primarily studied qualitatively between Urdu and English languages. The current study also examines the types of code-mixing and switching such as inter-sentential and intra-sentential among the multilingual in their tweets. Meanwhile, it also highlights the morphosyntactic analysis of English and Urdu codes. The statistical data shows that Pakistani Twitter activists use noun and adjectival phrases more frequently when switching from one code to another. In the meanwhile, the lexicons which are used in their tweets belong to the word category of Nouns, Adjectives and Conjunctions at different levels. The result of the present study shows that the use of lexicons and the types of phrases vary from person to person when switching the codes.
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