Analyzing Grammatical Categorization of English Code Mixing in TV Talk Shows: A Study of Political Discourse

Abstract

This study examines the grammatical distribution of the English lexical insertions in Urdu political talk programmes in Pakistan. A descriptive qualitative design was used to carefully select, transcribe and screen 31 public talk show episodes with English words incorporated into Urdu. The items collected were divided into nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and phrases to illustrate the distributional relationships. Ten tables were then used for frequency reporting. In general, verbs and nouns dominate the data set, indicating a preference for describing English behaviors, attitudes, and institutional ideas. Adverbs and adjectives are less common, but they support assessment and emphasis, as opposed to phrases, which are rarely used and imply a preference for technical or political terminology.