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A CORPUSBASED ECOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF DISCOURSE PRODUCED AROUND THE CHINAPAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR CPEC

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).08      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).08      Published : Mar 2024

A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Abstract

    This research explores the Ecosophy of discourse produced around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The study starts with building a corpus of texts, taken from the official website of the CPEC. The list of 18 key words was made, based on three United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) out of 17 goals. Theoretical framework of Stibbe’s (2015) ecocritical discourse perspective is used to develop the Ecosophy of the CPEC, while analytical framework is based on three UN sustainable development goals outlined in 2015. Corpus linguistics as a methodology is used to undergo quantitative and qualitative analysis. In quantitative analysis, collocates were analyzed by identifying Mutual Information (MI) score. The highest MI score (11.26013) is gained by the collocation named CPEC-Deforestation and the lowest is of CPEC-Water (0.87352) which show that the infrastructure project of the CPEC caused deforestation and less affected water.

    (1) Humera Faraz
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Saleem
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Tariq Mehmood
    Independent Researcher Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Faraz, H., Saleem, M., & Mehmood, T. (2024). A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Global Social Sciences Review, IX(I), 76-87. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).08

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Faraz, Humera, Muhammad Saleem, and Tariq Mehmood. 2024. "A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)." Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I): 76-87 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).08

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    HARVARD : FARAZ, H., SALEEM, M. & MEHMOOD, T. 2024. A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Global Social Sciences Review, IX, 76-87.

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    MHRA : Faraz, Humera, Muhammad Saleem, and Tariq Mehmood. 2024. "A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)." Global Social Sciences Review, IX: 76-87

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    MLA : Faraz, Humera, Muhammad Saleem, and Tariq Mehmood. "A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)." Global Social Sciences Review, IX.I (2024): 76-87 Print.

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    OXFORD : Faraz, Humera, Saleem, Muhammad, and Mehmood, Tariq (2024), "A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)", Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I), 76-87

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Faraz, Humera, Muhammad Saleem, and Tariq Mehmood. "A Corpus-based Ecosophical Analysis of Discourse Produced Around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)." Global Social Sciences Review IX, no. I (2024): 76-87. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).08