JARGON IN MILITARY: A LEXICAL ANALYSIS OF JARGONS IN THE BOOK UNTOLD TALES OF PAKISTAN AIR FORCE BY KAMAL AHMAD

Abstract

This research endeavored to realize objectives of the study to describe the, meanings, and functions of military Jargon which were found in the book Untold Tales of Pakistan Air Force. The researcher has discussed lexical analysis of selected military jargons. This research aims to explain about meanings and functions through the lexical analysis of jargons and to find out literal and associative meaning of selected jargons used in untold tales of Pakistan Air Force by Kamal Ahmad by utilizing theoretical perspectives of Gurage yule (2010). In addition, the functions of selected jargons have also been analyzed according to the theory of Seli  (2019) which is based on three functions; first is to show the identity of group, secondly, to ski the intimacy among users in the group and lastly, to show that someone is mastering in skills in group. The research has been carried out by utilizing Qualitative Research methodology. Various jargons have been selected by close reading of the selected book and accordingly, analyzed as per selected models to achieve the research objectives. Findings of the research shows various specific military jargons functions and meanings. It is of worth mentioning that some military jargons have different types of meanings whereas, military uses associative meanings however, ordinary person use literal meanings.