摘要：This study focuses on the social issues in Pakistani society in Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s Between Clay and Dust by using the theory of foregrounding to highlight the prominent and foregrounded elements in the text. The study applied a concept of code switching- an important device of foregrounding. The main argument of the study is how deviation in the text creates effects when local words of the Urdu language are used in the form of code switching and to identify code switching in the novel. Moreover, the thesis attempts to explore the ways the writer uses code switching and how the code switching words reflect social issues in the context of Pakistan. The study examined the effects of deviation through the use of code switch words. Moreover, the qualitative explorative type of research is applied to explore the meanings of different local words in the text. The text of Between Clay and Dust by Musharraf Ali Farooqi has been chosen as the research instrument. The text of the novel was critically analyzed by using code switch words in the novel. The thesis explored minor and important social issues in society and found that words of the Urdu language were closely related to social problems in society. The study will encourage readers to provide as much assistance or support to those who are socially and psychologically victims of society as possible.
关键词：Stylistic analysis;social issues;Pakistani society;Musharraf Ali Farooqi's Between Clay and Dust;code switch words
