Abstract
This study explores the linguistic forms which are employed in the war time songs to evoke the sentiments of patriotism. The present study utilizes Discourse Historical Approach to better understand and analyze the lyrics of the songs. DHA’s four levels of analysis and the sociopolitical circumstances, were employed to look for commonly emerging themes in the selected text. The study reveals the themes of persuasion to join jihad, nationalism, interstate conflict and intertextuality. The Pakistani War songs evoke the sentiments of patriotism with a focus on tophi, figurative speech and other linguistic devices such as nomination, adjectives, and hyperboles. Findings of this study may be utilized while writing patriotic songs to evoke social cohesion among multi-ethnic citizens and call for peace on the borders.
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