Research Publications and Presentations

BOOKS

Year Publication
2023 Afzaal, M., Naqvi, S. B., & Qiang, G. (2023). Language, corpora, and technology in applied linguistics. Frontiers in Psychology.
2023 Afzaal, M. (2023). A Corpus-Based Analysis of Discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative: Corpora and the Belt and Road Initiative (Vol. 10). Springer Nature.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Year Publication
2024 Barbara, S., Afzaal, M., & Hessah. A corpus-based comparison of linguistic markers of stance and genre in the academic writing of novice and advanced engineering learners. Humanities and Social Science Communications. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-02757-4. SSCI
2024 Kaibao, H., & Afzaal, M. The translation teaching platform based on multilingual corpora of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China: Design, resources and applications. Acta Psychologica, 242, 104110.
2023 Siu, B. W. Y., Nok Yi, C., & Afzaal, M. Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 1-18.
2024 Li & Afzaal, M. A lexicon-based diachronic comparison of emotions and sentiments in literary translation: A case study of five Chinese versions of David Copperfield, PlosOne. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297101.
2023 Naqvi, S. B., Afzaal, M., & Qiang, G. Language, Corpora, and Technology in Applied Linguistics Equal contribution and first authorship-Swaleha Bano Naqvi 1 (†), Muhammad Afzaal 2 (†) Last authorship Geng Qiang. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1325925.
2023 Afzaal, M. Perceptions of China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Belt and Road Initiative. In: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative. Corpora and Intercultural Studies, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9619-1_4
2023 Lin, X., Afzaal, M. & Aldayel, H.S. Syntactic complexity in legal translated texts and the use of plain English: a corpus-based study. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 10, 17 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01485-x
2023 Muhammad Afzaal & Xiangtao Du. Syntactic complexity in translated eHealth discourse of COVID-19: a comparable parallel corpus approach, Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, 10:1, 3-19.
2023 Shanshan, X., & Afzaal, M. Conspiracy theory discourses (discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture).
2023 Lin, X., Afzaal, M. & Aldayel, H.S. Syntactic complexity in legal translated texts and the use of plain English: a corpus-based study. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 10, 17 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01485-x
2023 Afzaal, M. (2023). Perceptions of China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Belt and Road Initiative. In: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative. Corpora and Intercultural Studies, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9619-1_4
2023 Afzaal, M. (2023). Perception of BRI and CPEC in Indian Newspapers. In: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative. Corpora and Intercultural Studies, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9619-1_5
2023 Afzaal, M. (2023). Discussions: Similarities and Differences of BRI and CPEC in Media Discourses of India and Pakistan. In: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative. Corpora and Intercultural Studies, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9619-1_6
2023 Peng., Z & Afzaal., M. (2023). Review of Integrating Gestures: The Dimension of Multimodality in Cognitive Grammar. Review of Cognitive Linguistics.20(2).
2022 Afzaal, M., Imran, M., Du, X., & Almusharraf, N. (2022). Automated and Human Interaction in Written Discourse: A Contrastive Parallel Corpus-based Investigation of Metadiscourse Features in Machine-Human Translations. SAGE Open, 12(4).
2022 Afzaal, M., (2022) Critical Perspectives on Digitization of Translation: Challenges and Opportunities, Critical Arts, DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2022.2138930
2022 Afzaal, M., & Swaleha Bano Naqvi(2022)How strategic representations together with geo-political and economic dynamics are mediating the global image of Chinaʻs Belt Road Initiative,Asia Pacific Business Review,DOI:10.1080/13602381.2022.2040179
2022 Afzaal., M (2022). A Review of Digital Humanities, Machine Learning, and Internet of Things (IoT) in Applied Linguistics' to the International Journal of Applied Linguistics. International Journal of Applied Linguistics
2022 Huang., B. & Afzaal., M. A Review of Conducting Sentiment Analysis by Lei Lei and Dilin Liu Cambridge University Press: 2021. 96 pp. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. International Journal of Applied Linguistics., INJAL. SSCI
2022 Afzaal, M. Peng, & Yu. (2022). Discursive shifts in mediatisation of Donald Trump’s memes in the context of US-China economic relationships: A multimodal critical discourse analysis. Social Semiotics.
2022 Afzaal, M., Swaleha & Hammad. (2022). Misrepresentation of ‘Corona Virus’ in Donald Trump’s Media Talks: A Critical Discourse Analysis. VFAST.
2022 Afzaal, M., Zhang, C., & Chishti, M. I. (2022). Comrades or contenders: A corpus-based study of China's Belt and Road in US diplomatic discourse. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 20578911211069709.
2022 Afzaal, M., & Liu, K. (2022). Review of Kramsch’s Language as symbolic power. Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics (ARAL). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.21019.afz.
2022 SIU, B. W., & Afzaal, M. (2022). Introducing English for research publication purposes. John Flowerdew and Pejman Habibie. Routledge, p. 157. ISBN: 978‐0‐367‐33059‐0, $55 (hardcover). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12413. SSCI
2022 Du X, Afzaal M, Al Fadda H. Collocation Use in EFL Learners' Writing Across Multiple Language Proficiencies: A Corpus-Driven Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022 ;13:752134. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.752134. PMID: 35237205; PMCID: PMC8884357.
2022 SIU, B. W. Y., & Afzaal, M. (2022). Academic Writing for International Students of Science by Jane Bottomley, Routledge, New York, NY (2022), p. 220, GBP 120.00.
2022 Hu Y, Afzaal M, Alfadda H. The Perceptions of International Learners Toward Teacher Code-Switching in the Elementary and Intermediate Chinese Foreign Language Classrooms. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022 ;13:860567. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.860567. PMID: 35444593; PMCID: PMC9015671.
2022 Afzaal, M., (2022) China’s Belt and Road Initiative: challenges, doubts and legal implications, Asia Pacific Business Review, 28:2, 273-286, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1978239
2022 Alfadda Alfadda, H., Afzaal, M., Saleh Mahdi, H., Alaudan, R., & Curle, S. (2022). Influence of Psychological Autonomy Support of Peer instruction: A Novel Interactive Approach Using Instagram in language learning. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.866354
2022 Afzaal, M., Naqvi, S. B., & Raees, G. R. (2022). Representations of Naya Pakistan: A corpus-based study of Pakistani media discourses. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 7(3), 521–538. https://doi.org/10.1177/20578911221105726
2022 Muhammad Afzaal & Juhua Jin (2022) Japan’s rise as a middle power, collaborations in the Indo-Pacific and partnerships with South Korea and India: implications for China’s Global Image & Belt and Road Initiative and the country’s expansion as a global power, Asia Pacific Business Review, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2111821
2022 Barbara Wing Yee Siu & Muhammad Afzaal (2022) Non-native English-speaking Engineers’ Writing at the Workplace, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2049328
2022 AlFadda, H., Mahdi, H. S., Alaudan, R., Afzaal, M., & Curle, S. (2022). The Influence of Just-in-Time Teaching and the Support of Peer Instruction: A Novel Interactive Approach Using Instagram in Language Learning. Frontiers in Psychology.
2022 Review: Liu. 2020. Corpus-Assisted Translation Teaching: Issues and Challenges Tingyu Liu and Muhammad Afzaal Corpora 2022 17:1, 163-166
2022 Siu, W. Y., & Afzaal, M. (2022). Introducing English for research publication purposes. Flowerdew, John and Habibie, Pejman. Routledge, 2022. p. 157. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12413
2021 Afzaal, M. (2021). Prospects for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): implications, assessment and challenges. Asia Pacific Business Review. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2021.1890921
2021 Afzaal, M., & Liu, K. (2021). Gender, discourse and ideology in Italian: Authored by Formato, Federica,(2019), Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN Hard 978-3-319-96556-7, Softcover ISBN 978-3-030-07213-1 Price, 93, 59€ pp. 299. Gender, Place & Culture A Journal of Feminist Geography. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2021.1892119
2021 Liu, C. ., & Afzaal, M. (2021). Liang, X. (2019). A Discourse Analysis of News Translation in China (1st ed.). Routledge.: Book review. Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies, 20. https://doi.org/10.52034/lanstts.v20i.738
2021 Baoqin, W., & Afzaal, M. (2021). The pragmatics of text messaging making meaning in messages: by Michelle A. McSweeney, Routledge Press, New York (2018), 182 pp., 50 B/W Illus.£ 92.00, ISBN 9781315142340 [Published as part of Routledge Research in Language and Communication Series.]. Critical Discourse Studies, 18(2), 301-303. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1708764
2021 Liu, C., & Afzaal, M. (2021). Liang, X. (2019). A Discourse Analysis of News Translation in China . Routledge.: Book review. Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies, SSCI.
2021 Liu, Y., & Afzaal, M. (2021) A Review of 100 Years of conference interpreting: A legacy. Edited by Kilian G. Seeber, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, Price:£ 64.99, 242 pp. ISBN: 1‐5275‐6719‐2.
2021 Afzaal, M., & Ilyas M., (2021). Exploring Image of China in the Diplomatic Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Journal of Development and Social Sciences DOI: http://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2021(2-IV)11
2021 Afzaal, M. & Liu, K., (2021) Complexity thinking in translation studies methodological considerations, Asian Journal of Communication, SSCI, IF. 1.89 DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.1990369
2021 Liu. K, & Afzaal, M. (2021). Translator’s Style through Lexical Bundles: A Corpus-driven Analysis of Two English Translations of Hongloumeng, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.633422. Frontiers in Psychology, SSCI, IF. 2.990, Q1.
2021 Afzaal, M. Chishti, Chao and Zhang. (2021) Metadiscourse in Chinese and American Graduate Dissertation Introductions. Manuscript DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2021.1970879 Journal: Cogent Arts & Humanities, Q2. SCOPUS. Taylor and Francis.
2021 Naqvi, S. B., Afzaal, M., & Mushtaq, H. (2021) A study of teacher induction and development within a UK adult ESOL educational setting. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 7(2), 274-283. Retrieved from https://www.pjsel.jehanf.com/index.php/journal/article/view/658.
2021 Afzaal, M., Mushtaq, H., & Naqvi, S. B. (2021). GENDERED DISCOURSE ON WOMEN'S IDENTITY: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF'OUR LADY OF ALICE BHATTI'. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 7(1), 308-317.
2021 Liu. K, & Afzaal, M., (2021), Syntactic Complexity in Translated and non-translated texts: A Corpus based study of Simplification, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0253454 (PLOS ONE), SSCI WOS Indexed Journal. IF. 3.240, Q1.
2021 Jabeen, S., Afzaal, M., & Akhtar, A. (2021). Collaborative Teaching: Bringing Language Teaching to the English Content Classroom. International Journal of Educational Sciences, 32(1-3), 12-23. doi:10.31901/24566322.2021/32.1-3/1161
2021 Afzaal, M. (2021). China’s Belt and Road Initiative: challenges, doubts and legal implications.Asia Pacific Business Review, 1-14. Asia Business Pacific Review, SSCI, WOS Indexed Journal. IF. 2.361, Q1
2021 Li, W., & Afzaal, M. New Directions in Second Language Pragmatics (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs). Félix‐Brasdefer CJ, and Shively R.(2021). De Gruyter Mouton. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12363
2021 Liu, K., & Afzaal, M. (2021). Academic Writing with Corpora: A Resource Book for Data-Driven Learning. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. doi:10.1111/ijal.12342
2021 Liu, K., & Afzaal, M. (2021). Review of Capan, dos Reis & Grasten (2021): The Politics of Translation in International Relations. Journal of Language and Politics. doi:https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.21039.kan
2021 Liu, K., & Afzaal, M. (2021). Translator's Style Through Lexical Bundles: A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Two English Translations of Hongloumeng. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. doi:
2020 Afzaal, M. (2020). Belt and Road: a Chinese world order. Asia Pacific Business Review. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2020.1851487
2020 Afzaal, M. (2020). Silk Road to Belt Road: reinventing the past and shaping the future: edited by Md. Nazrul Islam, Singapore, Springer, 2019, xiii+ 404 pp., RRP£ 100 (hardback), ISBN 978-9-81132-997-5. Asia Pacific Business Review, 26(1), 104-107. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2019.1686243
2020 Baoqin, W., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Emotion and cause: Linguistic theory and computational implementation: by Sophia Yat Mei Lee, Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd, 2019, 74.96€(hardcover), 151 pp. Chinese Journal of Communication, 13(2), 235-237 doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2020.1753974
2020 Khan, Z., Changgang, G., & Afzaal, M. (2020). China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at the cross intersection of China, Central Asia and South Asia: Opportunities for regional economic growth. The Chinese Economy, 53(2), 200-215. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2019.1688005
2020 Imran, M., Afzaal, M., Almas, N., & Mushtaq, H. (2020). Thematic Parallels in Shakespeare and the 19th Century Urdu Poetry: A Comparative Study. Revista da Anpoll, 51(3), 84-95.
2020 Afzaal, M. (2020). Belt and Road: A Chinese world order. Asia Pacific Business Review. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2020.1851487. WOS, SSCI, Q1 IF 2.361.
2020 Imran, M., Afzaal, M., Akhtar, S., & Ahmad, S. (2020). Igualdad de género y disposiciones sobre cuotas: un desarrollo sostenible en la participación de las mujeres en la política en Pakistán. Dilemas contemporáneos: Educación, Política y Valores.
2020 Zhang, H., Afzaal, M., & Liu, C. (2020). American Populism in Digital Era: Strategies of Manipulation in Donald Trump’s Election Tweets. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 29(3), 1273-1280.
2020 Afzaal et al. (2020). Artificial Intelligence, Context, And Meaning Making in Language: A Rationalization Approach, International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking. Vol. 13, No. 3, (2020), pp. 115 – 122, ESCI, WOS Indexed Journal.
2020 Afzaal, M. (2020). Book review: Kennet Lynggaard, Discourse Analysis and European Union Politics (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics). Discourse Studies, 22(issue 5). doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445620921656
2020 Afzaal, M. (2020). The China-Pakistan economic corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative concept, context and assessment: by Siegfried O. Wolf, Switzerland, Springer, 2020, 404 pp.,£ 88 (hardback), ISBN 978-3-030-16198-9. Asia Pacific Business Review, 26. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2020.1738075
2020 Afzaal, M., & Chishti, M. I. (2020). Chris Shei (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Discourse Analysis. Journal of Language Politics, 19(1), 196-200. doi:10.1075/jlp.19068.afz
2020 Afzaal, M., Liu, K., Wu, B., Sayyida, R., & Naqvi, S. B. (2020). An Investigation of Abstract and Discussion Sections in Master’s Dissertations. International journal of English linguistics, 10(1), 220-229. doi:10.5539/ijel.v10n1p220
2020 Afzaal, M., & Xiangyi, J. (2020). Book review: Ken Hyland and Feng (Kevin) Jiang, Academic Discourse and Global Publishing: Disciplinary Persuasion in Changing Times. Discourse Studies, 22, (Issue 3). doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445620905135
2020 Akhtar, A., Liu, K., Jabeen, T., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Tweaking Harassment Through Tweets: A Critical Discourse Study of# MeToo. International journal of English linguistics, 10(1), 157-165. doi:10.5539/ijel.v10n1p157
2020 Al Fadda, H., & Afzaal, M. (2020). International Standards for E-Learning ESL Programs: A Comparative Study. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 29(5), 174. doi:10.24205/03276716.2020.1018
2020 Al Fadda, H., Afzaal, M., & Haberman, P. J. (2020). Dynamic Assessment in Education: A Case-Study of Chinese-Speaking EFL Classroom. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(12), 6967-6977. doi:10.13189/ujer.2020.081264
2020 Alfadda, H., Fatima, M., Ghaffar, A., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Critical Thinking Perspective in ESL New English Textbooks: A Case Study of Pakistan. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, 9(2), 24-31.
2020 Baoqin, W., Afzaal, M., Ghaffar, A., & Naqvi, S. B. (2020). A Comparative Study of Cultural Values in Chinese and American Parenting Reflected in The Joy Luck Club. International journal of English linguistics, 10(2), 244. doi:10.5539/ijel.v10n2p244
2020 Baoqin, W., Afzaal, M., Younas, M., & Noor, U. (2020). Impoliteness Strategies and Rapport-Challenge Pragmatic Orientation in Competing Utterance. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 29(3), 606. doi:10.24205/03276716.2020.763
2020 Gull, A., Imran, M., Yiunas, M., & Afzaal, M. (2020). A Descriptive Study Of Challenges Faced By English Language Teachers In Integrating Information And Communication Technology (ICT) Tools At Elementary Level In Pakistan. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(8s), 290-305.
2020 Haberman, P., Afzaal, M., Ghaffar, A., & Alfadda, H. (2020). Various Roles in the Development of EFL Learners' English Skills. International Journal of Instruction, 13(4), 609-622.
2020 Imran, M., Afzaal, M., Akhtar, S., & Ahmad, S. (2020). Gender equality and the quota provisions: a sustainable development in Women’s participation in Politics in Pakistan. Dilemas Contemporáneos: Educación, Política y Valores, 7(2).
2020 Imran, M., Bhatti, A. G., Afzaal, M., & Raees, G. R. (2020). Jungian study of mystical experiences in Muriel Maufroy’s Rumi’s daughter. Epistemology, 7(1), 318-331.
2020 Jadoon, A. U. R., Chishti, M. I., Afzaal, M., & Afzal, T. (2020). Challenges Faced by Newly Inducted Teachers Implementing Revised English Curriculum in Pakistan. English Language Teaching, 13(7), 52-66. doi:0.5539/elt.v13n7p52
2020 Kanglong, L., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Lexical Bundles: A Corpus-driven investigation of Academic Writing Teaching to ESL Undergraduates. International Journal of Emerging Technologies, 11, 476-482.
2020 Khan, Z., Changgang, G., Afzaal, M., Ahmad, R., & Aron Issack, S. (2020). Debunking Criticism on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The Chinese Economy, 53(6), 477-487. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2020.1792065
2020 Liu Kanglong, M. A., & Alalwi, F. S. (2020). Pedagogical Approaches and Instructional Variations: A Comparative Curriculum Analysis of Master Translation Programs in China, Hong Kong and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Psychology & Education Journal, 57(9), 6288-6312. doi:https://doi.org/10.17762/pae.v57i9.2807
2020 Qiuhan, L., Afzaal, M., Alaudan, R., & Younas, M. (2020). COVID 19 Pandemic and Online Education in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study. International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 11(5), 411-418.
2020 Rehman, W., Bhatti, A. G., Imran, M., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Positive disintegration in mystical experiences: a psychological study of Muriel Maufroy’s Rumi’s daughter. PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 17(3), 988-997.
2020 Tingyu, L., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Attitude and Identity Categorizations: A Corpus-based Study of Chinese Animated Movie of Ne Zha Zhi Mo Tong Jiang Shi. International Journal of Future Generation Communication Networking, 13(4), 2001-2020.
2020 Ullah, S., Imran, M., Afzaal, M., & Akhtar, A. (2020). The Legacy of Living in a Dream World; A Sense of Alienation and Exile in “Dream china” By Jonathan Locke Hart. Alqalam, 25(1), 269-272.
2020 Younas, M., Afzaal, M., Noor, U., Khalid, S., & Naqvi, S. (2020). Code Switching in ESL Teaching at University Level in Pakistan. English Language Teaching, 13(8), 63-73. doi:10.5539/elt.v13n8p63
2019 Afzaal, M., Hu, K., Chishti, M. I., & Imran, M. (2019). A Study of Pakistani English Newspaper Texts: An Application of Halliday and Hasan’s Model of Cohesion: A Discourse Analysis. International journal of English linguistics, 9(5), 78-88. doi:10.5539/ijel.v9n5p78
2019 Afzaal, M., Hu, K., Ilyas Chishti, M., & Khan, Z. (2019). Examining Pakistani news media discourses about China–Pakistan Economic Corridor: A corpus-based critical discourse analysis. Cogent social sciences, 5(1), 1683940. doi:10.1080/23311886.2019.1683940
2019 Afzaal, M., Khan, M., Ghaffar Bhatti, A., & Shahzadi, A. (2019). Discourse and corpus based analysis of doctor-patient conversation in the context of Pakistani hospitals. European Online Journal of Natural Social Sciences, 8(4), pp. 732-752.
2019 Afzaal, M. (2019). Mapping China’s ‘one belt one road’initiative. Asia Pacific Business Review, 25(3), 54-457 doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2019.1614375.
2019 Bhatti, A. G., Afzaal, M., Shahzadi, A., & Hu, K. (2019). A New Historicist Perspective of Thomas Preston’s Cambyses: A Lamentable Tragedy Mixed Full of Pleasant Mirth. International journal of English linguistics, 9(6). doi:10.5539/ijel.v9n6p85
2019 Bhatti, A. G., Imran, M., & Afzaal, M. (2019). Appropriation of Women: A Feministic Reading of Khushwant Singh’s Burial at Sea. Language in India, 19(2).
2019 Khan, S. U., Afzaal, M., & Naqvi, S. B. (2019). Construction of Diasporic Female Identities in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah. International Review of Literary Studies, 1(1), 12-24.
2019 Afzaal, M., (2019) Mapping China’s ‘one belt one road’ initiative, Asia Pacific Business Review, 25:3, 454-457, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1614375, SSCI, WOS Indexed Journal. IF. 2.361, Q1.

ACDEMIC TALKS & CONEFERENCES

Year Conference/Meeting
2023 Afzaal (2023). 1st Symposium on Language Education and Research. Examining L2 English University Engineering students’ uses of lexical bundles and their relationship to writing quality: A Corpus based study held at University of Greenwich, London. (Feb 18-20, 2023)
2022 Afzaal (2022). A Corpus-based Comparison of Linguistic Markers of Stance and Genre in Advance Academic Writing of Engineering Students. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Language Education and Research. Thessaloniki, Greece, on 1-2 October 2022.
2022 Afzaal (2022). Use of translation to disseminate and improve the accessibility of COVID- 19 eHealth information in a multilingual society: A Comparable Parallel Corpus Approach. at the International Conference ‘Translation, Ideology, Ethics: Response and Credibility’ held on 22–24 September 2022 at Vilnius University, Lithuania.
2022 Afzaal (2022) A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of Mainstream Media on the Discourses of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, CADAAD Conference, University of Bergao(July 06-08, 2022).
2021 Afzaal (2021) 7th IATIS Conference, The Cultural Ecology of Translation, Barcelona 14-17 September 2021Lost in Digital Translation: Aurat (Women) Marches and Misportrayal in Pakistani Media
2021 5. Afzaal (2021), Metadiscourse Features of Translated and Non-Translated Texts: Conference to be held in The Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
2019 Afzaal, M, Haberman, P. (2019), “Foundation of Engendered Languages (FEL)”. Paper presented at International Conference (December 12-16) in the University of Sydney, Australia.
2019 Afzaal, M., (2019) “Examining Discourses of China Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Corpus Based Study”, “The 5th National Symposium on Corpus-based Translation Studies at South West University, Chongqing, China, 18-20 in Chongqing, China.
2019 Afzaal, M. & Haberman, P. (2019), “Metadiscourse in American and Chinese Graduates Dissertations”. International Conference, “Metadiscourse in Digital Communication: What has changed?”, 27-29 June, 2019 in Bergamo, Italy.
2019 Afzaal, M., (2019), “Image of China in the Diplomatic Discourses of India and Pakistan: A Corpus Based CDA”. Paper presented at “International Forum on Identity and Representation in Translation and Interpreting held in (June 22, 2019) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

SELECTED WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

Year Training
2017 Workshop titled The SJSU Islamabad Workshop under the Pakistan Applied Linguistics Education Enhancement Project” conducted by San Jose State University, United States of America. (March 27-31, 2017)
2017 Workshop on Professional Development conducted by COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. (January 25-27, 2017)
2017 5-Day workshop on “Emerging Trends in Research” at Foundation University Islamabad. (August 8-12, 2017)
2013 Workshop on Research Methodology conducted by National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in collaboration with Army Medical College. (September 2013).
2012 Course on Data Analysis with SPSS & Report Writing conducted by PBS, in collaboration with UNFPA, Pakistan. (March 26-April 06, 2012).
2015 Workshop on “Developing Corpus in South Asia” conducted by University of Birmingham at IIU, Pakistan. (March 2- 04, 2015)
2012 Conducted a Two Weeks Workshop on “Research Writing” in Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan