Aisha Zulfiqar Choudhary

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Brief Statement of research work

My research focuses on Applied Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, English Language Teaching (ELT). My work primarily investigates the linguistic features of English language use among Pakistani learners, with particular emphasis on ESL/EFL writing, corpus-based methodologies, and systemic functional linguistics. My research explores the influence of first language (L1) on second language (L2) writing, patterns of grammatical and syntactic errors, gender-based differences in academic writing, and variations in language use across academic disciplines. I have conducted several corpus-based studies employing computational linguistic tools to analyze authentic language data and identify recurring linguistic patterns in Pakistani English. Another major area of my research is transitivity analysis based on Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics. Through corpus-assisted approaches, I have examined literary texts by contemporary Pakistani writers to investigate how language constructs gender, identity, power relations, and social representation. My studies provide insights into discourse patterns and stylistic choices in Pakistani fiction. My publications also include comparative corpus-based analyses of verb-particle constructions, multilingual learner writing, and disciplinary differences in ESL academic writing. These studies contribute to understanding language variation, learner errors, and effective pedagogical strategies for English language teaching in multilingual contexts. Overall, my research aims to bridge theoretical linguistics with practical language education by employing corpus-based methods and discourse analysis to address contemporary issues in applied linguistics, academic writing, and language pedagogy.