The Representation of Afghan Refugees in Pashto Press A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study
Keywords:
Afghan refugees, Sketch Engine, BBC Pashto, Mashal Radio, US-Afghan war.Abstract
Pakistan has been hosting more than two million Afghan refugees since the Soviet and United States’ invasions of Afghanistan. This corpus-assisted discourse study aims to unfold the behaviour of the Pashto press towards Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan. This study uses both qualitative and quantitative research paradigms to investigate the corpora of Pashto newspapers’ articles through the Sketch Engine software to look at the behaviour of the text used to represent Afghan refugees and to discern the discourse in terms of categories designed for this study. The results of this study provide an in-depth understanding of the attitude of the Pashto press towards Afghan refugees.