LEXIS OF PAKISTANI ENGLISH: A STUDY OF LEXICAL BORROWING IN PAKISTANI ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE

Pakistani English, an institutionalized variation of developed as a result language contact between English and the language. One most notable features this variant is significant creativity in lexis. In study, based on Shah's, A Season for Martyrs (2014), Mueenuddin's, Other Rooms, Wonders (2009) researchers explored language's vocabulary through lexical borrowings single words their assimilation English. They used qualitative content analysis method to analyze items level integration into three-fold grade-ability scale, selected works. The study’s findings posit that frequently borrows from languages either fill gaps or transmit various shades meaning, which reinforces notion variety has its own distinctive lexicon. addition, study endorsed should be considered independent since it represents linguistic cultural characteristics speakers Pakistan widely Anglophone literature. Keywords. English; Lexical Borrowing; Contextual Areas; Integration.