Department of Linguistics and Communications

MPhil Graduates of DLC

[Since 2015]
Sr. #Name of StudentThesis TitleSupervisor
1 Muhammad Kamran Arshad The Effect of Urdu, Punjabi and English on Mewati Lexical Items in Pakistan Dr. Arshad Ali Khan
2 Touseef Younus Multimodal Semiotic and Semantic Analysis of Advertising Billboards: A Pakistani Perspective
3 Sadia Ashraf Language Learning Strategies and Performance of Students in ESL Classrooms at UMT
4 Hamza Yaseen Phonological Variants of /x/ and /r/ as Markers of Group Identity in the Speech Community of Walled Area of Lahore
5 Iftikhar Hussain Description and Categorization of Balti Inflectional and Derivational Morphemes
6 Nayab Younas A Comparative Study of Task Based Approach and Traditional Approach in English Language Teaching
7 Ahmad Bilal Khan Dissecting Trump's Show off Power under Van Dijk's Strategies
8 Qasim Ali The Relationship between Personality Traits and Language Learning Strategies among Pakistani University ESL Students
9 Muhammad Bashir Evaluation of the Null Theories of Intra-Sentential Code-Switching: Evidence from Balti/English Code-Switching
10 Asma Saeed Relationship between Social Stratification and Motivation to Learn English as Foreign Language.
11 Misbah Shahid Role of Attitude and Motivation in Enhancing Second Language Learners' Speaking Skills in Kotli Azad Kashmir University.
12 Maimoona Rana Communicative Language Teaching Versus Transmission Models of Teaching in a Government College: An Experimental Study.
13 Hafiz  Syed M. Yasir Linguistic Landscape: The Case of Public Signboards in Lahore (Punjab, Pakistan)
14 Amna Noor Glocalization as A Promotion Strategy by Multi-National Fast-Food Chains: A Case of Pakistan
15 Muhammad Hamzah Masood Study of Shakespearean Themes and Characters through Corpus Based Voyant Tools Approach
16 Ashraf Hussain Wazir The Patterns and Functions of Multilingual Balti Speech Community in Baltistan
17 Qurrat Ul Ain Yousaf Developing Critical Thinking in Young English Language Learners Dr. Asim Karim
18 Kanwal Shahzadi Foregrounded Irregularities in Perveen Shakir's Poems
19 Kausar Mushtaq The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Identity Crises from the Global, Macro-Level to the Micro, Inter-Personal Scale (The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Identity Crises from the Global to Inter-Personal Scale) Dr. Elisabeta Zelinka
20 Syeda Aneeka Batool Kazmi Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Masculine Organizational Discourse: Public / 'Gendered' versus Private / 'Gender-Neutral' Standpoints in Osama Bin Laden's Hunt and Annihilation.
21 Khalid Saif Ullah Misrepresentations of Eastern Elements in Disney’s Cartoon Series Aladdin (1992, 1994, 1996) A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach.
22 Muhammad Hayat Preserved Versus Subverted Stereotypes of the East - West Binary in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007)
23 Rabia Majeed Deviation from Gicean Maximis in the Conversation of Schizophrenic Patients: A Qualitative Study Dr. Muhammad Athar Khurshid
24 Shazia Altaf Code Mixing and Indigenization in Lahori Mewati
25 Nadia Fareed Morphemic Structure of Lahori Mewati
26 Qurat-ul-Ain Case Markers in Punjabi Language
27 Saba Tabassum Morphosyntactic Study of Punjabi Light Verbs
28 Naheed Islam Pragmatic Study of Heat Lightning
29 Fouzia Aziz Nature and Frequency of Code Mixing in Spoken Discourse of Public and Private Institutions of Lahore.
30 Iram Salam Conversational Analysis of Five Pakistani Talk Shows Dr. Muhammad Shaban
31 Basharat Ali  Critical Discourse Analysis of Ufone Advertising
32 Muhammad Irfan  Interpersonal Communication Barriers: A study of Lahore Metropolitan Police
33 Naeem Dilpul  Sociolinguistic Challenges Faced by Baloch Students in Higher Education
34 Waqas Ashraf Dewan A Study of Pro and Anti-Islamic Ideologies in the Speeches of Donald Trump and Barrack Obama
35 Sibgha Sarwar  Language of Cyberbullying and Mental Health Outcomes of University Female Students
36 Zaheer Hussain   The Role of Self Efficacy in Low Level Learners to Improve English Language
37 Sara Khan The Political Rhetoric in the Pre and Post Elections (2013) Speeches of Imran Khan
38 Iram Amjad Social Stratification of Allophonic Variation in Punjabi Language
39 Faryal Gill Use of Kin Address Terms in Punjabi Speech Community
40 Muhammad Umar Anjum Urdu Newspaper Anglicized in Pakistan-A Corpus Based Study
41 Rabia Jamshaid Lexical Variation Among Punjabi Dialects as a Marker of Linguistic Boundaries in Pakistani Punjab
42 Ayesha Rashid Multilingualism and Identity Construction in the Digital Discourse
43 Sobia Ilyas Bakhtin Beyond the Novel: Heteroglossia, Carnival and Dialogism in "Waiting for Godot"
44 Ghulam Abbas Description and Classification of Balti Consonants
45 Javaria Shafique Phonemic Variations Experienced by Pakistani Immigrants in Sweden
46 Neelam Nazir Critical Discourse Analysis of the Text Produced by Hijra Community
47 Mehr Un Nisa Baig A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language Convergence in the Speech of Housemaids of Sialkot, Punjab.
48 Aneeqa Zafar Contributions and Challenges in the Implementation of Language Policies in Higher Education Institutions of Punjab, Pakistan
49 Romana Nazir Language Attitude of Adolescent Shina Speakers Towards Shina, Urdu and English
50 Shahbaz Ali Phonological Variations and Changes in Mewati Language.
51 Bushra Nawaz Linguistic Variation as Marker of Regional Identity: A Sociolinguistic Perspective.
52 Khalid Mehmood POLICE women or WOMEN police: A Myth of Dual Linguistic Identity of Women in Police.
53 Naila Shahadat A Case Study of Language Development in 0.1-0.9 Year Old child
54 Nadir Ali Rejuvenating Lost Communication of the Patient with Aphasia through Script Training.
55 Zareen Ch Influence of Hindi Dubbed Cartoons on the Linguistic Repertoire of Urdu/English Bilingual Children.
56 Ayesha Waheed Order of Acquisition of English Vocabulary by Pakistani ESL Learners of Grade I, II and III.
57 Ayesha Saddiqa Phonological Impact of Hindi Cartoons on the Speech of Urdu/English Bilingual Children.
58 Faiza Shahid A Diachronic Study of the Urdu Language Change in Nawaewaqt Editorials (1952-2015)
59 Mehak Saleem Sociophonetic Stratification of Punjabi Trans Women in Lahore
60 Arisha Khan Intergenerational Language Shift of Pashto and Reconstruction of Identity
61 Iram Arshad The Role of Subtitles for Urdu/English Bilinguals in Learning English Language
62 Sonia Rafique The Sociolinguistic Discourse of Power and Resistance on Twitter in Pakistan
63 Afshan Ishfaq Language Shift to Language Death: A Case Study of Dawoodi (Dhomaki) Language
64 Rashid Hussain A Corpus Based Sentiment and Co-Textual Analysis Of ‘Islam (Ic/Ist/Ists)’ Through the Tweets of The President Trump
65 Shahzad Nabi Discourse of Fear and Sinophobia in the Social Semiotics Representation of the Novel Coronavirus by English Newspapers
66 Maryam Aziz Language of Legitimization by Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers on Kashmir Issue
67 Mahwish Sarwar Verbal Discourse of Bilingual Urdu/English Students on Digital Gaming Forum
68 Abduul Rehman (Mir) Translanguaging in the Writing Practices of Balti/English Bilingual University Students: Pedagogical Implications
69 Rabia Shabbir Semantic Evaluation of Newspaper Headlines: Media Impact of the Panama Leaks Dr. Nadia Anwar
70 Zara Saleem  Animated Cartoon Movies: An Innovative and Effective Teaching and Learning Tool in Enhancing the English Story Writing Skills
71 Ayesha Malik  Examining 'Washback Effect' via Bloom's taxonomy in a Private Pakistani School
72 Huma Iqbal  Investigating the Illocutionary Force of Request used by Pathan Salesmen during their Encounter with Lahori Customers
73 Aneeza Khan The Inversion of Binaries Through Violation of Gricean Maxims in The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
74 Aleena Islam A Pragmatic Analysis of Facial Emoji and their Impact on Pakistani Millennial Facebook Communication
75 Shaheen Mubarik Lexical and Conceptual Language Compression/ Decompression through Antonymic Construals in the Quran
76 Syeda Zahida Rizvi A Multimodal Analysis of Advertisement Junk Emails/Spam
77 Zainab Zaheer Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Skin Whitening Creams: Stereotyping and Discursivizing Beauty
78 Ghazala Sammar Durrani  Investigating the Transformative Potential of Excitable Speech Acts in Meri Zaat Zarai Benishan and its Adaptation by Umera Ahmed: A Comparative Study
79 Afsheen Kashif Comparative Discourse Analysis of Khawaja Ghulam Farid's Selected Saraiki Poetry and Huxley's Mystic Trops
80 Huma Naseem  Instigative Media Discourse: Investigating the role of Media Reporting on Pak-India Cricket Matches
81 Nafisa Arif The Dynamics of Request Speech Act: A Cross-Cultural Study of Punjabi and Pashto Speaking Students in a Private University of Lahore
82 Naomi Justin Lexical, Semantic and Pragmatic Equivalence Gaps in Google Machine Translation Software.
83 Ana Ramsha The Impact of Formal Feedback on the Development of Writing Skills at O-Level in the Selected Private Schools in Lahore.
84 Tooba Sahar A Study of Second Language Anxiety in Pakistani Learners of English
85 Esma Ramzan Discourse Analysis of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Selected Lectures through the lens of James Paul Gee’s Identity Framework
86 Zahra Arshad Stylistics Analysis of Political Taglines/Slogans Used by Pakistani Political Parties
87 Abdul Ahad Jajja Organizational Face: A Mini Ethnographic Case Study of Punjab Police
88 Huma Hafeez A Content Analysis of Address Terms in Business Communication through Game Theory and Linguistics Adaptability Model
89 Sumera Hafsa Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Stereotypical Image Making of Females and their Roles in Pakistani Television Advertisements
90 Farhana Abid  A Sociolinguistic study of the replacement of vowel / a? / with /? / in Punjab Dr. Nazir Ahmad Malik
91 Fraz Mahmood Lexical Inclusion of Urdu Items into Pakistani Journalistic English
92 Adnan Ali Relationship between Golden Ratio and Internalized Linguistic System of the Human Brain
93 Malik Waseem Hasan Sociolinguistic Perceptions of Punjabi and Saraiki People; The Case of Pakistan.
94 Arshad Ullah The Pattern of Unidirectional Codes Switching Among Pakistani Languages
95 Zakia Mushtaq Grammatical Analysis of Urdu Auxiliary Verbs Dr. Sarmad Hussain
96 Muhammad Khalid Zeshan A Critical Discourse Analysis of Donald Trump's Pre- and Post-Election Speeches Dr. Sonia Firdaus
97 Sadia Nazar A Study of Government Teachers' Beliefs About L2 Grammar Teaching at Secondary Level Dr. Usman Khalil
98 Zia Ahmad Re-Contextualizing of Urdu as the Official Language of Pakistan; issues, Challenges and Prospects  Dr. María Isabel Maldonado García
99 Muzammal Haider Role Of Diacritics In Understanding Of Urdu Text and Problems Children Face In Reading
100 Nosheen Asghar A Comparative Study of English and Urdu Reduplication
101 Mehwish Arooj Analyzing Persuasive Devices in Imran Khan’s Political Discourse
102 Ayesha Khan Impact of Messaging Chat Slangs on the Language of University Students of Pakistan
103 Ammarah Zia Effects of Story Telling on the Vocabulary of Young Children
104 Sana Shahzadi Translation Issues and Cultural Diversity: A Comparison of English and Urdu Idioms and Proverbs
105 Khushnood Akhter Use of Abusive Language in Punjabi According to Gender
106 Sobia Anjum Hidden Messages behind Humor and Satire in Political Talk Shows in Pakistani Context
107 Ayesha Yasmeen Contrastive Analysis of Collocation in Urdu and English and Its Effect On Translation Studies
108 Sundus Javaid Second Language Acquisition; A Study of Language Acquisition Difference in Male-Female Early Learners of Lahore
109 Amna Ahsan Use of Cohesive Ties: An Analysis of the English Language Writing of Undergraduate Students of UMT, Pakistan
110 Tahseen Muhammad Role of movies in developing native perspective of English Language in EFL learners in Pakistan
111 Sidrah Hussain Reduplication in Punjabi Language  
112 Sohaib Khalid Orthographical difference between Punjabi and Siraiki dialects
113 Rizm Ul Zafar Oral Skills Development in Group Work Dynamics
114 Aasia Majeed A Stylistic Analysis of Hanif Qureshi's The Budhha of Suburbia. Dr. Muhammad Furqan Tanvir
115 Safeena Qayoom Violation of Maxims of Grice's Cooperative Principle (CP) by Pakistani Politicians in TV Talk Shows
116 Yasir Arbab Cultural Hybridity and Religion-Feminist Identity Crises: A Stylistic Analysis of Amra Pajalic's The Good Daughter
117 Rukhsana An Analysis of Linguistics Patterns Used Professionally at Selected Banks of Lahore
118 Zanib Asghar Interpreting Dynamics of Courtroom Discourse: A Linguistics and Socio-Cultural Analysis of Selected Trials at the Civil High Court of Lahore
119 Hafiz Ghulam Abbas Use of Pakistani Newspaper Articles for IELTS Academic Reading
120 Anam Mehfooz Linguistic Analysis of Doctor-Patient Communication in Selected Hospitals and Clinics in Gujranwala
121 Nimra Raza A Linguistic Analysis of Gender-Based Partiality in Advertisements of Beauty Products
122 Kalsoom Jahan Effects of Using Short Stories in Developing Language Skills at Intermediate Level in Lahore Mr. Sajid Masood
123 Um Ul Huda The Teaching of Phonetic Transcription and its Effectiveness at Secondary School Level
124 Sumra Farheen  A Comparative Analysis of US Presidential Debates 2016 on the Use of Speech Acts and Grice Maxims by Clinton and Trump
125 Tayyaba Jabeen Transitivity Analysis of Nawaz Sharif's Speeches Ms. Rahat Bashir
126 Nohaiz Mehmood Deconstructing the Hegemonised Theme of Modernism in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings through Inflectional and Stylistic Analysis
127 Sobia Rashid A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Analysis of gender stereotypes in Pakistani Media language Ms. Saima Abbas Dar
128 Mehak Munir Error Analysis: A Study of English Composition Written by ESL Learners at Grade 10 in Pakistan Ms. Amnah Moghees
129 Daniyal Raza Hurdles faced by the Teachers and Students in Acquisition of English Language: A Comparative Study of Private and Government Schools of DG Khan, Punjab Ms. Sobia Ilyas
130 Ammara Ismail A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pre-& Post-Election Speeches of Pakistani Politicians through the Implementation of Fairclough’s Model: The Case of Nawaz Sharif & Imran Khan
131 Irum Tasleem Critical Discourse Analysis of Comic Shows’ Impact on Audience’s Perception
132 Elishba Najam Multimodal Discourse Analysis: A Visual Analysis of “Retreat Ceremony” held at Wagah and Ganda Singh Border
133 Nazia Kousar Textual Analysis of Fast Food Brand Advertisements on Social Media in Pakistan
134 Aisha Arshad Women Representation in Pakistani Television Dramas: A Changing Trend Ms. Naheed Ashfaq Qureshi
135 Touheda Sandhu Flouting of Conversational Maxims in Media Discourse: A Gender Based Analytical Study of Political Talk Shows Prof. Rao Jaleel Ahmed
136 Samrah Hadayat The Role of Social Parameters in the Choice of Address Forms Used in Kinship Domain in Punjab, Pakistan
137 Hafsa Karamat Feedback Strategies Used by Post-graduate EFL Teachers and Students, Lahore, Pakistan
138 Nadia Shaukat Reading Comprehension Problems of EFL Learners at Secondary Level: A Study of Urdu Medium Schools in Swat, KPK
139 Maria Fatima Dogar Analyzing Errors in the Use of Inflectional Morphemes by Pakistani Young Learners
140 Kiran Aslam Gender Differences in the Use of Linguistic Features in SMS Text Messaging of Pakistani University Students
141 Summiya Azam The Use of Compliment Response Strategies Among Punjabi Speaking University Students
142 Mamoona Nazneen Impact of Learner Centered Approach on Writing Skill of the Undergraduate Students of Pakistani Universities
143 Narjis Fatima Effects of an Interactive Classroom Environment on Language Anxiety Among EFL Learners
144 Sumaira Akhtar The Frequency of errors in Articles and Propositions in the Writing Skill of Graduate ESL Learners of Pakistan
145 Zoubia Ashraf Correlation of Academic Performance with Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation
146 Ghulam Shabir  A Study of Collocation Errors Found in the Writing of Learners of English As Second Language
147 Mahwish Javaid Diphthong Shift in the Speech of Punjabi Speakers
148 Tanzila Abbas Hedging and Turn Taking by Pakistani Politicians: Media Discourse Analysis.
149 Nida Fareed A Socio- Onomastic Study of Nicknaming among University Students in Pakistan
150 Afshan Asghar Effectiveness of Online Teaching of English Language Skills at Graduate Level: A Case Study of Virtual University of Pakistan 
151 Tatheer Zahra Impact of Genre-based Teaching on Design Report Writing
152 Muhammad Ali An Evaluation of Assessment Tools for Secondary Level English Language Classes of All BISES of Punjab: A Cognitive Approach
153 Syeda Sajidah Tabasam Dimensions of Semantic Shift of English Vocabulary from Old English To Modern English
154 Irum Fatima A Critical Appraisal of English Medium of Instruction at the Secondary Level in Punjab (Pakistan)
155 Nadia Zia Impact of Task-based Language Teaching on Writing Skills of The Elementary Level Students
156 Hina Munir Phonological Adaptation of English Loanwords by Urdu Speakers in Central Punjab (An Acoustics Study of Vowel and Diphthong Adaptation)
157 Rabbia Naseer Importance of knowledge of phrases in English
158 Fath-e-Hina A Comparative Acoustic Analysis of English Vowel Nasalization by Urdu and Pashto Speakers in Pakistan
159 Humera Hashmi A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Usage of Pronouns in Donald Trump’s Speeches
160 Fareha Haroon  A Study of Effectiveness of English Curriculum for Intermediate Classes
161 Hafiz M. Sohaib  Register Analysis of Four Surahs of the Holy Qur’an Titled Al-Hijr, Luqman, Al-Fatah and Al-Hadid
162 Saba Naz Translanguaging in the Second Language Teaching Classroom: An Exploration of Pedagogically Established Code -Switching at Secondary School Level in Pakistan Zarbakhat Rao
163 Aneeqa Iqbal Sexual Objectification of Females:Ads Analysis under hate soeech against women Tamsila Naureen Naeem
164 Zaheer Ahmad Tabassam  Stylistic Analysis of pakistani Diasporic English Writers Applying Leech and Short Model
165 Nazish Farooq Aviation Telephony – A Linguistic Oversight in Pakistan Sadia Asif
166 Hadia Masood Language of ‘Infodemic’ of Covid-19 and Discourse of Fear on Facebook Dr. Zafar Iqbal Bhatti
167 Fatima Anwar An Acoustic ANALYSIS OF Rangri Phonemes using PRAAT Messum Alam
168 Mahnoor Naeem Mobile Assisted Vocabulary Learning: A Study of Intermediate Students of Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
[Updated on: 17-12-2020]    

MPhil Graduates Studied Two Courses in Lieu of Research

1 Arif Mahmud Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.  
2 Zafar Iqbal Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
3 Asima Hameed Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
4 Ghulam Murtaza Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
5 Hayyah Mehmood Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
6 Insaram Elahi Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
7 Waheed Ul Hasan Pasha Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
8 Faqiha Mukhtar Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
9 Mehak Aslam Studied two courses in lieu of thesis.
[Updated on: 17-12-2020]

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