VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University
Dr. Qurrat-ul-ain
Assistant Professor (Incharge)
Department of English
Faculty of Arts


PhD (Applied Linguistics)


Acoustic phonetics, computational phonology, prosody, corpus linguistics, genre analysis, psychololinguistics, stylistic analysis
Official Email qurratulain@vu.edu.pk
Contact +92 (42) 111 880 880 (Ext: 4729)
My research centers on phonetics and phonology. I am particularly interested in the acoustic properties of human languages and how they guide to the classification of languages. I am working as a lecturer in the Department of English at the Virtual University of Pakistan. I teach phonetics and phonology, syntax, applied linguistics, communication skills, among others. I have also taught various literature courses (including but not limited to, English romantic poetry, classical poetry, literary criticism, American literature in English, Pakistani literature in English) at graduate and post-graduate level.
Experience
Assistant Professor
Virtual University of Pakistan
From Mar 24, 2023 To present
Lecturer
Virtual university of Pakistan
From Jan 19, 2015 To Mar 23, 2023
Visiting Lecturer
Government College University, Faisalabad
From Oct 01, 2013 To Jul 01, 2014
Lecturer
Lahore Garrison University
From Oct 01, 2012 To Sep 25, 2013
Lecturer
KIPS College for Girls, Lahore
From Sep 01, 2008 To Sep 30, 2012
Memberships
20/03/2017
Debating Society, Virtual University of Pakistan
Publications
Category: Acoustic Phonetics (Y)
Investigation of Back Vowels in Pakistani English through Acoustic Lens
Investigation of Back Vowels in Pakistani English through Acoustic Lens
Year: 2023
Category: Critical Discourse Analysis (Y)
Referential Strategies in the Speeches of President George W. Bush after 9/11 Attacks
Referential Strategies in the Speeches of President George W. Bush after 9/11 Attacks
Year: 2023
Category: Acoustic Phonetics (W)
An Acoustic Investigation of Primary and Secondary Lexical Stress of Urdu
An Acoustic Investigation of Primary and Secondary Lexical Stress of Urdu
Year: 2023
Category: Corpus Linguistics (Y)
The use of Intensifiers in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Pakistani Tweets: An Analytical Comparison Between Pakistani Tweets and Contemporary English Speech (COCA)
The use of Intensifiers in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Pakistani Tweets: An Analytical Comparison Between Pakistani Tweets and Contemporary English Speech (COCA)
Year: 2021
Category: Language Acquisition/Morphology
Investigation of Acquisition of Urdu Plural Morphology among Children of 4 to 6 years
Investigation of Acquisition of Urdu Plural Morphology among Children of 4 to 6 years
Year: 2020
Category: Phonetics and Phonology (Y)
Primary and secondary Levels of Urdu Lexical Stress (2017) published in Kashmir Journal of Language Research Vol. 20 (2) 75-86
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Category: Genre analysis (Y)
Generic Structure of Online Blurbs of Fiction Books: A Case Study from Pakistan (2016) published in Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 7 (1) 154-173
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Category: Linguistic Analysis
Linguistic Interpretations of Pakistani Job Application Letters (2015)published in Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. Vol. 9 (2). 35-45
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Category: Genre analysis (Y)
Generic and Lexico-grammatical Patterns of Job Application Letters Sent to the Educational Institutes of Faisalabad (2015)published in ELF Annual Research Journal. Vol. 17. 163-182 (ELF Annual Research Journal 17 (2015) 163-182)
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