Dr. Tahseen Zahra
Category: Faculty
Published on: July 11, 2024

Dr. Tahseen Zahra
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Education PhD English Linguistics   –  National University Modern Languages
Area of Interests

Dr. Tehseen Zahra is a researcher and Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad. Her research interests are corpus linguistics, discourse studies and pragmatics. She was the Managing Editor of Corprum: Journal of Corpus Linguistics, the first corpus based journal of Pakistan. She is Co-PI of a research project named PakGenText, funded by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. As a researcher, she published her research papers in national and international journals. She has presented her research papers in several national and international Conferences including the UK, Japan and Italy.  She worked with the curriculum committee of the Ministry of Education Pakistan and designed different modules for teachers’ training.

  • PhD English Linguistics   –  National University Modern Languages
Journals
  1. Zahra, F. T., Zahra, T., & Abbas, A. (2023). Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis of Urduized Words and Selected Collocation Patterns: A Case Study of Trespassing by Uzma Aslam Khan. Research Journal of Languages and Literary Studies. 3(2). 125-144. (Y-Category)
  2. Younis,M & Zahra,T (2023). An In-depth Analysis of Presuppositions used in the Short Story “Khol Do” by Saadat Hasan Manto. Pakistan Journal of Languages and Translation Studies. 11(1). 45-60. (Y-Category)
  3. Khattak,A., Zahra,T., & Shaokar, N (2023). A Corpus Based Study of Discourse Markers in Pakistani Motivational Speeches. Critical Review of Social Sciences and Humanities. 3(2). 17-37. (Y-Category)
  4. Zahra, F. T., Zahra, T., & Abbas, A. (2023). Neoliberal Co-option of English: A Study of Urduized Terms in Pakistani Magazine Articles through Corpus Approaches. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio, 17(2).174-188. (Y-Category)
  5. Umer,H & Zahra.T. (2023). Conceptualisation of Lahore in Akhtar’s Lahore, I Am Coming (2017): A Corpus Stylistic Analysis. 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature. 29(4), 29-45.(W-Category)
  6. Qamreen, Zahra, T., & Abbas, A. (2023). Corpus-Driven Critical Discourse Analysis of Pakistani Newspaper Opinion Articles on Healthcare. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 1(3), 547-575. (Y-Category)
  7. Sarwar, S., & Zahra, T. (2023). Fat Shaming for Humour in Children’s Cartoons: A Multimodal Study of Motu Patlu. Perennial Journal of History, 4(1), 174-188. (Y-Category)
  8. Abbasi, A., Zahra, T., & Asghar, S. A. (2022). Semiotic Analysis of Political Cartoons During Russia-Ukraine War. Pakistan Journal of Language Studies, 6(1), 16-41. (Y-Category)
  9. Rasool, S., Zahra, T., & Khawar, Z. (2022). An Investigation of Grice’s Cooperative Principle in an Interview with Ishaq Dar: A Pragmatic Analysis. Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 25(2), 1-21. (Y-Category)
  10. Muhammad, S., Zahra,T., & Rasool, S. (2022). Pragmatic Analysis of Deictic Expressions in Imran Khan’s UN Speech Delivered in 2019. Erevna: Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 6(1), 60-74. (Y-Category)
  11. Abbas, A., Zahra, T., & Batool, S. (2022). A Linguistics Study of Persuasion and Negotiation in Research Articles of Islamic Studies: Issues and Challenges. Pakistan Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences Research. 5(1). 147-167. (Y-Category)
  12. Saleem, M., Zahra, T., & Khan, S. I. (2022). Analysis of Minimalist Syntactic Complexity in English Writing among Secondary Level Students. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(1). 360-375. (Y-Category)
  13. Jamal, A., & Zahra, T. (2022). Corpus-Driven approaches to the representation of Pakistani Culture in Newspapers’ blogs. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio. 2022: MedCom 2020+1. Conference Proceedings. 15(1). 89-105. (Y-Category, Indexed with Web of Science).
  14. Malik, A., & Zahra, T. (2022). Pragmatic analysis of internet memes on distant learning. (2022). Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 8(2), 303-317. (Y-Category)
  15. Zahra, T., & Abbas, A. (2022). Corpus-Driven Analysis of Pakistani Newspaper Editorials on COVID-19 Discourse. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 22(1), 16-33. (W-Category)
  16. Abbas, A., & Zahra, T. (2021). Can We Mention “I”?: An Investigation of Author Exclusivity in Research Articles of Social Sciences. Pakistan Journal of Language Studies, 5(1), 33-48. (Y-Category)
  17. Abbas, A., & Zahra, T. (2021). Corpus Driven Critical Discourse Analysis of 2020 Presidential Election Campaign Tweets of Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Hayatian Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 5(1), 26-47.
  18. Choudhri, S., Zahra, T., & Shehzad, W. (2021). A Corpus-based Study of Analyzing the Lexical Specificity in the Preface Section of the Selected Pakistani Academic Textbooks. University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics & Literature, 5(II), 268-294. (Y-Category)
  19. Khatoon, M., Zahra, T., & Abbas, A. (2021). Exploring Semantic Prosody and Collocation Networks in Pakistani and American English Songs Through Corpus Approaches. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language, 8(1), 75-88. (Y-Category)
  20. Iftikhar, S., Zahra, T., & Gulzar, A. (2021). A Corpus-Based Study of the Metaphor Silence in Lahore, I Am Coming. NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 7(2), 260-274. (Y-Category)
  21. Saeed, S., Zahra, T., & Fayyaz, A. A. (2021). Sentiment Analysis of Imran Khan’s Tweets. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 36(3), 473-494. (Y-Category, Indexed with Scopus)
  22. Qadeer, A., Zahra, T., & Tahir, A. (2021). Role of Pakistani Media Discourse in Shaping the Public Perception through Linguistic Devices. Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, 6(1), 14-25. (Y-Category)
  23. Khan, F., Zahra, T., Bilal, H., Sufyan, M., & Naz, A. (2021). Does Job Engagement Mediate the Relationship between Job Demands and Organizational Commitment of Academicians at Institutions of Higher Education Commission in Pakistan?. Elementary Education Online, 20(5), 3533-3541. (X-Category)
  24. Hussain, G., Zahra, T., & Abbas, A. (2021). Discourse Functions of Lexical Bundles in Pakistani Chemistry and Physics Textbooks. GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies, 21(1), 221-238. (W-Category)
  25. Ullah, S., Zahra, T., Khan, F., Ahmad, A., & Naz, A. (2021). Exploring Simile in Political Speeches through Corpus Techniques. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 18(4), 794-807. (Y-Category)
  26. Khan, F., Rasli, A. M., & Zahra, T. (2020). Does Social Support Moderates Between Workload And Emotional Exhaustion?. Gomal University Journal of Research, 36(2), 45-63, (Y-Category)
  27. Zahra, T., Khan, Q., & Abbas, A. (2020). Exploring Logos of Translanguaging in Language Planning of Pakistani Education System. Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 23(1), 59-78. (Y-Category)
  28. Abbas, A., Zahra, T., & Akhter, M. S. A Futuristic View on Impact of China Pakistan Economic Corridor on Linguistic Ecology of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language, 7(1), 1-10. (Y-Category)
  29. Shamim, M., & Zahra, T. (2020). Investigating Similar Lexical Bundles in Autobiographies of Pakistani Politicians. Pakistan Journal of Language Studies, 4(1), 59-73. (Y-Category)
  30. Zahra, T., & Abbas, A. (2020). Development of Gender-based Pakistani Academic Word List (G-PAWL). Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 28(2), 113-34. (Y-Category)
  31. Habib,A., Zahra, T & Ahmed, R (2020). Social Identities of Diverse Personae in the Quranic Story of Joseph: A Sociolinguistic Study. Tahdhib al Afkar, 7(1), 1-14. (X-Category)
  32. Tanvir, O., Khoula.& Zahra, T (2019). Newspaper Racial Agenda: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Corporum: Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 1(2), 1-16. (Y-Category)
  33. Abbas,A & Zahra,T (2019). Exploring Metadiscursive Culture of Writing in History Research Articles Published in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, 40(2), 95-120. (Y-Category)
  34. Batool, S. F., Majeed, H., & Zahra, T. (2019). An Investigation of Hedges and Boosters in Pakistani Opinion Articles: A Corpus-based Study. Corporum: Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 2(1), 1-12. (Y-Category)
  35. Aib, I & Zahra, T. (2018). Metadiscursive Practices: A Corpus-Based Study of Attitude Markers in Pakistani English Book Reviews. Corporum: Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 1(1), 15-28. (Y-Category)
  36. Zahra, T., Tanvir & Khoula. (2018). A Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis of Racial Stereotyping in American Newspapers, The 4th Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference, Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Association, Takamastu, Japan, 17-19 September, 2018, pp. 553-557.
  37. Zahra, T & Abbas, A (2018). Pedagogical Implications of Corpus-based Approaches to ELT in Pakistan, Journal of Education and Educational Development, 5(2), 259-275. (Y-Category)
  38. Zahra, T & Shehzad, W. (2017). Syllogism and Relevance: A Pragmatic Analysis of Classroom Discourse. Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 20(2), 123-13. (Y-Category)
  39. Zahra, T & Shehzad, W. (2017). A Pragmatic Inquiry of Syllogism and Relevance in Academic Discourse. Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, 11(2), 265-274. (Y-Category)
  40. Zahra, T & Khan,Q (2016). Face Negotiation Theory: A Critical Analysis of Hijab (Veil) among Muslim Women in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 20(2), 123-138. (Y-Category)
  41. Zahra, T.,Khan,Q & Naz, A. (2016). Depression through the Ages and its Role in Crimes: An Investigative Study of Contributing Factors among University Students.  Frontier Archaeology, 10(14),  (Y-Category)
  42. Zahra,T & Zaheer,A (2016). Challenging Gendered Norms: A Sociolinguistic Study of The Written Speech Patterns on Facebook. Transylvanian Review, XXIV(11), 3182-3190. (Y-Category)
  43. Zahra,T., Shehzad, W. & Abbas, A (2016). Code-Switching In Classrooms: Exploring Purposes and Needs of Code-Switching from Students Perspective. presented at International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Oxford. 2016. FLE Learning. Oxford.