Program - ICLAP 2017

3rd International Conference of the Linguistic Association of Pakistan hosted by the

Humanities Department, NED University of Engineering & Technology
In collaboration with the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
12-14 October, 2017

DAY ONE

Thursday, October 12, 2017

8:30 AM Registration
9:30-11:30 AM INAUGURATION [Main Auditorium]
9:30-9:40 Recitation from the Holy Quran
9:40-9:45 National Anthem

Schedule
Welcome Note: Prof. Dr. Sajida Zaki, Conference Convener ICLAP 2017 &
9:45-9:50
Chairperson Humanities Department, NED University.
LAP President’s Address: Dr. Ghulam Raza, President, Linguistic Association
9:50-10:00
of Pakistan (LAP), Islamabad, Pakistan
Theme - Building Linguistic Resources and Developing Language Technologies
- Synergetic Efforts Needed in Pakistan
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jakelin Troy, Professor & Director, Aboriginal and
10:00-10:25 Torres Strait Islander Research, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia
Theme - Australian curriculum for Indigenous languages: Ideas for Pakistan
10:25-10:30 VC’s Remarks: Prof. Dr. Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Vice Chancellor, NED
University of Engineering & Technology.
Chief Guest’s Address: Mr. Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar, Minister, Education
10:30-10:45
and Literacy, Sindh
10:45-11:00 Presentation of Shields
Vote of Thanks: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tufail, Dean Information Sciences &
11:00-11:05
Humanities & Pro Vice Chancellor, NED University
11:10-11:20 Group Photograph
11:30-12:00 Tea Break
12:00 – 1:30 PM First Plenary Session [Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sajida Zaki] [Main Auditorium]

12:00-12:20 Plenary 01: Theme - Investigating large classes: Issues and possibilities
Dr. Fauzia Shamim, Professor and Coordinator, English Language Centre of
Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
12:25-12:45 Plenary 02: Theme - Identity and cultural diversity through language: A look at
the Philippine context
 Dr. Shirley Dita, Associate Professor, Department of English & Applied
Linguistics, De La Salle University, Philippines and Director of the Lasallian
Institute for Development and Educational Research (LIDER)
12:50-1:10 Plenary 03: Theme - Seeing Beyond Our Professional Siloes - Opportunities in
the Spaces In Between
Dr. Valerie Haugen, International Development Expert, USA
1:15-1:25 Question & Answer Session
1:30–2:30 PM Lunch & Prayer Break
2:30 – 3:30 PM Second Plenary Session [Moderator: Dr. Ghulam Raza] [Main Auditorium]
2:30-2:50 Plenary 04: Theme - Acoustic Cues are more effective than Universal Grammar
or L1 in L2 learning
Dr. Nasir Abbas, Associate Professor & Head English Department, Lasbela
University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Balochistan
2:55-3:15 Plenary 05: Theme-The Restrictions of Vertebrate Spinal Sign Reflexes
Dr. Tokumaru, Independent Researcher and Digital Linguist, Japan
3:20-3:30 Question & Answer
3:30–5:30 PM Parallel Sessions Workshops & Paper Presentations
[Wrkshp- I] Time Presenter Workshop Title
Venue Ms. Farhat Planning Language Projects
Video 3:30-5:05 Abdullah
Conferencing
[Wrkshp- II] Mr. Vikalp Compositional Semantics: Hindi-Urdu
Venue 3:30-5:05 Ravi Kumar
CIS Lecture Hall
[Wrkshp-III] Ms. Ayesha Acoustic Analysis with Praat: Vowels
Venue 3:30-5:05 Zafar
N-8 Civil
[Session I] Time Presenter Paper Title
The deficient role of schools in catering to the
Venue 3:30-3:50 Madiha Saeed
special needs of not special children
N-4 Civil
Unfolding knowledge through practice:
3:55-4:15 Almas Ashraf
Chair: Reflections of literacy teachers
Dr. Imran The role of error analysis in learning ESL at
4:20-4:40 Rabia Jabeen
Facilitator:
Intermediate level
Faryal Sarfarz Muhammad Dynamic face of motivation for Chinese as a
4:45-5:05 second language learning
Shahbaz
[Session II] Time Presenter Paper Title
Venue Stylistic analysis of Zulfikar Ghose: A dragon fly
Audio-Visual Hall 3:30-3:50 Sahar Khan
in the Sun
Intertextuality, translation and hermaphroditic
Chair: Ghazala
Dr. Shirley Ditta 3:55-4:15 protagonist in Arundhati Roy's the ministry of
Tabbasum
utmost happiness
Facilitator: Maria Stylistic scrutinization of Philip Larkin's selected
Alia Faruqi Musarrat, poems: Takeone Home for Kiddis and The Tree
4:20-4:40 Muhammad
Adnan & Iram
Khalil
 Shahida Stylistic analysis of the poem' Immigrant' by
4:45-5:05
Perveen Tabish Khair
[Session III] Time Presenter Paper Title
Venue Code switching and code mixing frequently
N-7 Civil 3:30-3:50 Shahida Baloch
adopted by Pakistani news channels
Chair: The functions and reasons of code-switching in
Dr. Valerie Haugen 3:55-4:15 Naila Akram
Facebook interactions by Pakistani multilinguals
Hina Language Shift in the Memon Community in
Facilitator:
Maheen Tufail
4:20-4:40 Mohammad Karachi: A family domain analysis
Ali
Language shift among third generation of Sindhi
4:45-5:05 Hassan Abbasi
speakers
[Session IV] Time Presenter Paper Title
Venue Mirroring and challenging the Socio-Political
N-1 Civil Nagina
3:30-3:50 practices: Critical study of a comic strips series in
Kanwal
Pakistan
Chair:
Dr. Hina Hussain Linguistic analysis of feminine ideals in Pakistani
3:55-4:15 Aisha Tanweer
Kazmi pre-dominant mainstream media adverts
Rida Sarfaraz, Discourse Analysis of the speeches of Michael
Facilitator: Faiza Abid & Obama: A reflection of pronouns and identity
3:25-3:45
Sadia Fayyaz
Alam Naheed Ashfaq
Sadia Malik & Digital face: A multimodal analysis of official
4:45-5:05
Asra Khan websites' homepages of 4 Government Heads
[Session V] Time Presenter Paper Title
Venue Mubashir Number, gender, vocative case inflection through
N-2 Civil 3:30-3:50
Iqbal infixes in Punjabi: An OT Analysis
Automatic stemming and lemmatization process
Chair: 3:55-4:15 Mazhar Ali
Dr. Maria of Sindhi text
Maldonado Adjectives: A comparative study of suffixation in
4:20-4:40 Nadia Fareed
Mewati and Urdu languages
Facilitator:
Aliza Haider Hala The functional distribution of sound patterns in
4:45-5:05
Abdelghani Arabic roots and Templates

POSTER PRESENTATIONS Displayed all three days

Presenter Poster Titles

Sadaf Fatima Poster 1: Use of Technology for Teaching Speaking Skills in ELT Class
rooms of Pakistan
Samra Amjad Poster 2: The Impact of Computer Mediated Language on English
Language Learning In Pakistan
Abdul Shakoor Poster 3: Identification of Phonetics Problems in the Subject of English
at Elementary Level
Waheed Shehzad, Sumair Poster 4: Language Planning in Pakistan
Arsalan, & Javeed Hussain
Maria Nida Peter Poster 5: Stylistic Analaysis of Curse of Moher Jo Daro by Maha Khan

Samar Zaki & Shumaila Ashee Poster 6: Analysis of Deforming Tendencies in Daud Kamal’s
Translated Poem "Few Days More"
Asad Nawaz & Alia Ali BhuttoPoster 7: Impact of Social Media on University Students of English
Language: A case study of Faisalabad city
Kinza Ali Zai Poster 8: Linguistic Fall of Urdu Language and Cultural Break down
as a Consequence of English Code-Mixing, A Sociolinguistic Approach
Samar Haider Poster 9: Urdu Language Identification in Online Multilingual
Content
Muhammad Adnan, Iram Khalil Poster 10: An Exploration of the Master Structure the Adventures of
and Maria Musarrat Hir and Ranjha: A Viladimir Props Perspective of Narratology
Muhammad Usman Poster 11: A critical Discourse Analysis of News Headlines: different
Portrayal, same News
Shehnila Yousuf Poster 12: A Comparative study of politeness strategies in Urdu and
English
Tasleem Ahmed War Poster 13: A Psychological approach to language teaching

DAY 2
Friday, October 13, 2017
9:00-10:30 AM Third Plenary Session [Moderator: Dr. Habibullah Pathan] [Main Auditorium]
9:00-9:20 Plenary 6: Theme - Reading Maketh a Full Man”, but What About Kids? A
Study into the Recreational Reading Opportunities and Habits of Young
School Children
Dr. Saiqa Asif Imtiaz, Professor – Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya
University, Multan
9:25-9:50 Plenary 7: Theme- Linguistics for Development: The NurD project
Dr. Ahmar Mahboob, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney
9:55:10:10 Plenary 8: Theme- Lexical similarity level between English and Spanish
Dr. Maria Maldonado, Associate Professor, Department of English Language
and Literature, University of Management & Technology, Lahore
10:15-10:25 Question & Answer Session
10:30-11:00 Tea Break
11:00- 12:30 PM Fourth Plenary Session [Moderator: Dr. Tafseer Ahmed] [Main Auditorium]

11:00-11:20 Plenary 9: Theme- Investigating different scripts to develop the standard for
internationalizing the top-level domain (TLDs) names
Dr. Sarmad Hussain, Director IDN Programs, ICANN, USA and Professor &
Head CLE, KICS, UET- Lahore
11:25-11:45 Plenary 10: Theme- Development of a Punjabi wordnet
Dr. Muhammad Asim Mahmood, Associate Professor, Government College
University, Faisalabad
11:50-12:15 Plenary 11: Theme - Tracing the link of the Loss of Indigenous Vocabulary in
Sindh to Education and Nutrition
Dr. Ghazala Rahman, Director, Sindh Abhyas Academy (SZABIST)
12:20-12:30 Question & Answer Session
12:30–2:00 PM Lunch & Prayer Break
2:00-3:00 PM Fifth Plenary Session [Moderator: Dr. Imran Khan] [Main Auditorium]
 2:00-2:20 Plenary 12: Theme -Developing Reading Literacy in Language Learners:
Tracking Students Performance
Dr. Hina Hussain Kazmi, Senior Professional Development
Adviser- Education Support Program, Adam Smith International- DFID
2:25-2:45 Plenary 13: Theme - Cognitive-Affective Language Curriculum: A Step Towards
Holistic Learning
Dr. Fatima Rehan Dar, Team Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Sindh
Capacity Development Project-USAID
2:50-3:00 Question & Answer Session
3:00- 5:30 PM Parallel Sessions WORKSHOPS, PAPER & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Time Presenter Workshop Title
Dr. Haugen, V., Carrying out a Children's Literature Gap
[Wrkshp- IV] Ishrat, S., Analysis, Understanding Genres, Lexical
Venue Nguyet, T. B. Levelling and Sensitivities
Video 3:00-5:30
L., Nasim, S.,
Conferencing
Parveen, N., &
Yusuf, M.
[Wrkshp- V] Mr. Vikalp Ravi Introduction to Sign Language
Venue Kumar & Mr.
CIS Lecture Hall 3:00-5:30
Manish
Narayan
[Wrkshp- VI] Dr. Ghulam Annotating & Analysing Corpora
PAICOR Raza & Dr.
3:00-5:30
Venue Mutee U
N-8 Civil Rahman
[Session VI] Time Presenter Paper Title
Venue Exploring the use of reading strategies of
N-1 Civil Sadia Fayyaz
3:00-3:20 engineering students in tertiary EAP
Alam
context
Chair: Muhammad Using authentic materials to promote and
Dr. Saiqa Asif Iqbal Hussain & improve listening & speaking skills of ESL
3:25-3:45
Muhammad students
Facilitator: Asim Khan
Hina Mohammad Two instructional frameworks for job
Ali
application writing: Conventional ESP-
3:50-4:10 Zahra Khan
Based strategy versus genre analysis based
strategy
Fouzia Jamal Role of Communicative Strategies for
4:15-4:35
Goreja developing Oral Communication Skills
Shumaila The Effectiveness of contemporary
Ahmad, strategies on English Language Learner’s
Mahmood Autonomy: A Case Study
4:40-5:00
Ahmad Azhar,
Tehreem Jamil &
Sajida Sharif
[Session VII] Time Presenter Paper Title
Interactional metadiscourse and business
Venue 3:00-3:20 Hassan Moavia
corpus: A comparative study of business
 N-2 Civil/ news reports and business columns in
PAICOR]
Pakistan English newspapers.
Chair: Humaira Yaqub, Ideational, interpersonal and textual theme
Dr. Muhammad Muhammad in English and Urdu clause systems: A
Asim Mahmood Asim Mahmood corpus based analysis
3:25-3:45 & Muhammad
Moneeb Ahmed
Amna Ejaz & A corpus based study: Impact of local
Facilitator: 3:50-4:10 Maimoona Punjabi variety on Pakistani English
Muhammad Ali Abdul Aziz
Khan
Saadia Ambreen, Development of IOB -Tagged corpus for
Javeria Khalid, Urdu
4:15-4:35 Toqeer Ehsan,
Asad Mustafa &
Sarmad Hussain
Ayesha Jamil, A Corpus based study of Pluralisation of
4:40-5:00 Madiha Ejaz & English loan words in Urdu
Ghazala Kausar
[Session VIII] Time Presenter Paper Title
Mustafa Al- Vowel harmony in Mahbashi Yemeni
Venue 3:00-3:20
Hamzi Arabic: A descriptive analysis
N3- Civil
Phonological simplification: Gradual
Chair: 3:25-3:45 Tabassum Saba deletion of phoneme /h/ in spoken Urdu
Dr. Nasir Abbas
language
Facilitator: Attia Tabssum Sindhi language reading skills
Muhammad Bhutto & Aftab achievement amongst out of school
Wasif 3:50-4:10
Ahmed children through Phonics
Nizamani
Problems faced in the articulation of
4:10-4:35 Tariq Mehmood English vowels by the intermediate level
Pashto speaking students of Peshawar
Collaborative writing: A Speaking
Mehar Almas
4:35-4:55 Enhancer
Khan
Session IX] Time Presenter Paper Title
Projection of identity in Pakistani
Venue 3:00-3:20 Mahwish Arif undergraduate students’ academic writing:
Audio-Visual
Hall An exploratory study
And S/he comes out: A critical analysis of
Abdul Waheed
identity in Bruce Jenner’s interview, I am a
3:25-3:45 Qureshi
woman
Chair: (Mis)representation of a terror victim on
Dr. Hala social media: Constructing Malala
Abdelghani Sanobra Rizwan
3:50-4:10 Yousufzai's identity through
interdiscursive references
Facilitator: Influencing L2 learners identities through
Saniya Jawed Asadullah
4:15-4:35 cultural discourses in ELT -Textbooks of
Lashari
Sindh, Pakistan
 4:35 – 4:55 Debunking Stereotypes: Role Reversal in
Sabeen Hayat
Ufone Ad Campaign – A Case Study
[Session X] Time Presenter Paper Title
Critical Discourse Analysis of Postcolonial
Venue 3:00-3:20 Ayesha Akram colour fixation in skin whitening adverts of
N7 Civil
Pakistan
Venue Negation and ideology: Analysis of
Dr. Habibullah 4:20-4:40 randomly selected newspaper
Safiyyah Ihsan
Pathan advertisements
The God of small things: Post-colonial
Sundas Tahreem
3:50-4:10 & Farheen
perspective mirroring Fairclough's
Ahmed Hashmi
approach to CDA
Politeness strategies used in academic
Zarnab Khalid
4:15-4:35
& Shamoona
emails: A case study of Pakistani English
Facilitator: Investigating the Washback Effects of
Ahmed Bux 4:35 – 4:55 Shahida Khoso ECAT (Engineering College Admission
Test) on Test-Takers
DAY THREE
Saturday, October 14, 2017
9:00–10:40 AM Parallel Sessions Paper Presentations
[Session XI] Time Presenter Paper Title

Venue
Challenges posed by other tongue as a
9:00-9:20 Yusra Mustafa
N-1 Civil medium of instruction
Pakistani ESL learners’ perceptions
Chair: 9:25-9:45 Rai Zahoor Ahmed about the effectiveness of TBLT at
Dr. Ahmar Mehboob
undergraduate level
Literature and Linguistics: Divisions
Facilitator: Muhammad
9:50-10:10 and intersections in the processes of
Javeria Ali Abdullah
meaning making
Acquisition, language retention and
10:15- critical thinking ability of
10:35 Faiza Mushtaq undergraduate students of English,
Bahauddin Zakariya University.
[Session XII] Time Presenter Paper Title
Implementing English Courses in
Venue 9:00-9:20 Nimrah Waseem B.Ed/ADE: The role of educational
N-2 Civil
managers and teacher educators
Chair: Use of L1 in language classroom:
Nguyet Thi Bich Le 9:25-9:45 Nadia Iftikhar Perceptions and practices in Pakistani
Facilitator:
universities
Farheen Memon Metacognitive reading strategies:
Muhammad Ali
9:50-10:10 Existing practices in ESL context in
Khan
Karachi
10:15- Enhancing ESL learners' investment
Shazia Mushtaque
10:35 for EAP writing through portfolios
[Session XIII] Time Presenter Paper Title
 English language teachers and their
Venue perceptions of research: An
N-3 Civil 9:00-9:20 Ismat Jabeen
Exploratory research at university
Chair: level in Pakistan
Dr. Irum Naz Teacher cognition: Exploring teacher's
9:25-9:45 Ufaq Binte Jamal
thinking
Facilitator: Bareera Quadri & Appraisal on having a native or non-
Asma Ahmed 9:50-10:10 Rahila H. Anwar native as a teacher of English in
ESL/EFL context
English language speaking anxiety: A
10:15- Muhammad Ashraf
study of intermediate students of
10:35 Joyo
Govt. colleges
[Session XIV] Time Presenter Paper Title
Teaching narrative essay writing skills
Venue 11:45- Nasirullah Khan &
to tertiary level ESL learners through
N-4 Civil 12:05 Rahila H. Anwar
TBLT: Learners’ perceptions
Chair: Lexical choice: A usage-based
Dr. Ghazala Kausar 9:25-9:45 H. M. Zahid Iqbal
interpretation of" Bahu’s Abyat"
Facilitator: Impact of language, culture and
Talha Saleem 9:50-10:10 Manal Aqil thought in “AAJ AKHAN WARIS
SHAH NU”
Standardization or Globalization:
10:15-
Lubna Farhan Ali Exploring English's centre of gravity
10:35
[Session XV] Time Presenter Paper Title
A Gender -Based study of speech act
Venue
[N-7 Civil] 9:00-9:20 Abdul Rafay Khan realization Patterns of Punjabi
speakers
Gender and humour: Analysing the
Chair:
Dr. Ghulam Raza
9:25-9:45 Heena Amjad ideological representation of wives in
Pakistani society
Facilitator: Cross-Gender EFL learners'
Samina Ansari
9:50-10:10 Amna Rani perceptions of culturally rich English
words: A case study
Critical Discourse Analysis of
10:15-
Saniya Jawed proverbs centred towards women in
10:35
Urdu
10:40-11:00 AM Tea Break
11:00–1:00 PM Parallel Sessions Paper Presentations

[Session XVI] Time Presenter Paper Title

Venue Valerie Haugen Implications of the gap analyses of
N-1 Civil
11:00- Saeed Nasim children’s literature in Pakistan and
Chair: 11:20 Muhammed Yusuf Vietnam
Dr. Habibullah Nguyet Bich Thi Le
Pathan
11:25- Stereotyping of females in the Punjabi
Saima Mir
11:45 language
 11:50- Media representation as a tool for
Maroofa Younus
Facilitator:
12:10 imparting stereotypical roles
Almas Ashraf Analysis of newspaper articles on
12:15-
Warda Gulzar women rights bill and the social
12:35
perception of Pakistani people
12:40- Wafa Mansoor Gender stereotypes in Pakistani
1:00 Buriro television advertisements
[Session XVII] Time Presenter Paper Title
The Urdu translation and the
Venue 11:00- Rehana Yasmin
comprehensibility of the register of
N-2 Civil 11:20 Anjum
Law
Chair: Linguistic representation of women’s
Dr. Ismat Jabeen 11:25-
Faiza Khaskheli honour killing in print media: Critical
11:45
Discourse Analysis
Facilitator: Words in the mental lexicon: Word
11:50-
Hassan Abbasi Sara Khan association responses of L1 and L2
12:10
Urdu speakers
Investigating the perceptions of L2
12:15- learners on language learning anxiety:
Amina Bibi Bhatti
12:35 A study of undergraduates at public
sector university, Sindh Pakistan
Ideological Stance in Political
12:40- Discourse: A Transitivity Analysis of
Anam Nawaz
1:00 Nawaz Sharif’s Address at 71st UN
Assembly
[Session XVIII] Time Presenter Paper Title
11:00- English language teaching and
Venue Nargis Mari
11:20 identity changes
N-3 Civil
A Study exploring the use of Urdu
11:25- Maheen T. Dahraj &
Chair: loanwords in English newspaper in
Dr. Asim Mehmood 11:45 Alia Faruqi
Pakistan
11:50- Medium of instruction in Pakistan:
Khalid Hussain
Facilitator: 12:10 Parental perspective
Shazia Mushtaque Teaching English writing skills in
12:15- Sidrah Awan public sector schools at MirpurKhaas:
12:35 & Maheen Fatima Problems & Solutions

12:40- Transforming Audiences’ Mental

Zarbakht Rao Culture through Euphemistic Devices
1:00
[Session XIX] Time Presenter Paper Title
Demystifying social class in language
Venue 11:00-
Maria Hassan nexus: Perspective from a multilingual
N-4 Civil 11:20
society
Chair: Refining verbal instructions for
11:25-
Dr. Rai Zahoor Shumaila Omar classroom teaching in a business
11:45
school of Pakistan
 Characterizing Urdu language web
Facilitator: 11:50-
H. M. Shafiq content in the world-wide web using
Nida Shabbir 12:10
common Crawl corpus
12:15- Tracing history through a linguistic
M. Zahoor Hussain
12:35 analysis of the Saraiki folktale
12:40- Zubair Torwali & Language & development-
1:00 Nafees Ahmed perspectives from Torwali language
[Session XX] Time Presenter Paper Title
Impact of teacher student relationship
Venue 11:00- Samreen Humayun
on students’ learning in ESL classroom
N-7 Civil 11:20 & Maimoona Moin
at undergraduate level
Chair: The effects of multi-semiotic systems
11:25-
Dr. Abdul Waheed Irum Naz on language teaching and
Qureshi 11:45
performance
Facilitator: Excessive usage of definite article 'The'
11:50-
Iqbal Hussain Noreena by Urdu users in Their academic
12:10
writing
An Investigation into the attitude of
12:15- Asmara Shafqat Urdu newspaper readers towards
12:35 &M. Fareed language mixing in Pakistani
newspapers
[Session XXI] 11:00- Mutee U Rahman A Study of Pronominal Suffixation in
11:20 Sindhi
Venue 11:25- Farzana Saheem Analyzing the Argot of the Muted
Audio-Visual Hall
Chair 11:45 Transgender in Pakistan
Dr. Mahmood A. Wafa Pathan Urdu Sexist jokes as a representation
Azhar 11:50-
of Woman’s image in Pakistani society
Facilitator 12:10
Younus Fareed
Kamran Ali & Naila Meronymy: Lexical Semantics in
12:15-
Rashid Surah ArRahman
12:35
1:00-2:00 PM Panel Discussion
Venue
Video Conferencing Topic: Linguistic Diversity and National Development
Hall Panellists: Prof. Dr. Jackelin Troy, Mr. Zubair Torwali, Dr. Shirley N.
Moderator Dita & Dr. Tafseer Ahmed Khan
Dr. Ahmar Mahboob
2:00-2:30 PM Closing Ceremony [Video Conferencing Hall]
2:00-2:10 Conference Declaration
2:15- 2:30 Distribution of souvenirs and awards
2:30 PM Lunch
4:00-8:00 PM City Tour (Only for those who separately registered for it)