DYNAMIC MODEL OF THE EVOLUTION OF POSTCOLONIAL ENGLISHES: SOME REFLECTIONS ON IT IN THE CONTEXT OF PAKISTANI ENGLISH

Abstract

This study sought to evaluate the propositions of Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic Model of the Evolution of Postcolonial Englishes, with a focus on its applicability to Pakistani English. The study found that the model is a valuable investigative framework in the analysis of the origins and growth of postcolonial Englishes, however its sequential or quasi- sequential nature posed a challenge in its objective applicability to the study of Pakistani English, which is developed in an erstwhile exploitation colony. Therefore, the researchers proposed a potential revision in the unidirectional nature of the model in order to accommodate the multi-directional dynamism that may be linear and non-linear as well as random in the evolution and development of nativized variants of English, like Pakistani English. The analysis indicates, Pakistani English has developed a number of characteristics for each phase, although not in the model's proposed linear order.