Discourse Analysis on Pakistani Dramas, Language Change and Social Status

Abstract

The study analyzed the discourse used in Pakistani dramas that language change is influenced by social status. This study's research tool was based on the CDA model of the fair clough. The sample for this corpus–based study was taken from a geo-Pakistani channel, a drama named Syani drama and Grift drama. The data was collected from the internet. The objective of this study was to show that social status is powerful and stimulates people to change their language by their social status. The main purpose of this study was to identify the hidden meaning of drama and power matters in shifting lexicon. The research was about social status, which triggers lexicon shifts in some characters in a Pakistani drama. People’s social mobility is one of the influencing factors determining people's change of language. People with good education, job opportunities and wealth influence low-income people to use standard language.