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Abstract

This article presents a corpus-based Cultural-Linguistic study of the usage of the word in Pakistani and Indian Englishes, addressing underlying cultural conceptualizations of the notion of . H emerges as a complex cultural model which involves several cultural schemas, cultural categories and other cultural conceptualizations, in which women are cast as responsible protectors and upholders of the honor of men, families, and communities, their bodies being the very locus of men’s honor. The study is based on a relatively simple qualitative and quantitative analysis of two specialized corpora representing discourse on honor and related phenomena in Pakistani and Indian Englishes.

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