
Dr. Tahir Saleem
Associate Professor
Associate Head, Department of Linguistics
Ext: 567
Mr. Tahir has 13 years career as Assistant Professor, teacher and researcher. He received his PhD in Linguistics and Literature from Air University Islamabad. He has been Lecturer cum House Master (BS-17) in English in Army Burn Hall College for Boys Abbottabad, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, University of Lahore. He brings with him outstanding higher education academic and administrative record. Mr. Tahir’s research interest includes Bilingualism, L2 Pragmatics, Descriptive Syntax, and Language Testing. He has presented and participated in various national and international conferences. He has quite vigorously engaged in publishing his research work in the national and international journals. A number of students have completed their M. Phil. under his supervision
PhD | Linguistics & Literature | Air University Islamabad | 2020 |
M.Phil | Applied Linguistics | Hazara University Mansehra | 2014 |
MA | English Language Teaching & Linguistics | University of the Punjab | 2007 |
MA English | Literature | University of the Punjab | 2005 |
Assistant Professor | University of Central Punjab | Till-date |
Assistant Professor | University of Lahore | 3.5 |
Lecturer (BS-17) | Army Burn Hall College for Boys Abbottabad | 7 |
1 | Ullah, S. Anjum, U. Saleem, T. (in press). Voice Onset Time of Mankiyali: An Acoustic Analysis. Heliyon. |
2 | Haroon, S., Aslam, M., Saleem, T. (2023). Exploring the Cross-Linguistic Functioning of the Principles of Wh-Movements: The Case of Pakistani ESL Learners. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 9(2). Online |
3 | Saleem, A., & Saleem, T. (2023). Pragmatic Transfer in Congratulation Strategies of Punjabi EFL Learners: Social Power in Focus. Ampersand,10.Online |
4 | Ghani, F., Saleem, T., Majeed, S., Batool, R., & Aslam, M. (2022). A corpus-based comparative ideational meta-functional analysis of Pakistani English and UK English newspaper editorials on COVID-19. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 9(1), 2-18. Online |
5 | Saleem, A., Saleem, T., Aziz, A. (2022). A Pragmatic Study of Congratulation Strategies of Pakistani ESL Learners and British English Speakers. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Education, 7, 8 (2022). Online |
6 | Saleem, T (2021). Linguistic Politeness of Pakistani English and British English Speakers: Culture and Gender Perspectives. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 8(1). Online |
7 | Saleem, T., Anjum, U., & Ahmed, M. A., Qadeer, A., Shehzad, W. (2021). Developing Sociocultural Competence of English-using Pakistanis in EFL Classrooms: A Case of Apology Speech Acts. Asian EFL Journal, 28(1). Online |
8 | Saleem, T., Unjum, U., Ahmed, M. I., & Qadeer, A. (2021). Social distance and speech behavior: A case of Pakistani English speakers’ apology responses. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 8(1), 1890410. Online |
9 | Saleem, T., Anjum, U., & Tahir, S. (2021). The sociopragmatic and pragmalinguistic strategies in L2 pragmatic competence: A Case of Pakistani ESL learners. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 50(2), 185-206. Online |
10 | Mushtaq, M., Saleem, T., Afzal, S., & Saleem, A. (2021). A corpus-based ideational meta-functional analysis of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech at United Nations general assembly. Cogent Social Sciences, 7(1), 1856999. Online |
11 | Aziz, A., Saleem, T., Maqsood, B., & Ameen, Z. (2020). Grammatical and Syntactical Functions of Auxiliaries in English and Urdu. Amazonia Investiga, 9(35), 8-16. Online |
12 | Anjum, U., Saleem, T., Qadeer, A., Khalid, M., & Shehzad, W. (2020). Tarawara community a marginalized linguistic community: An ethnohistorical perspective. Journal of Asian Civilizations, 43(2), 95-115. |
13 | Zahara, F. T., Saleem, T., Joiya, N., & Abdullah, F. (2020). Mayers-Scotten’s 4-M Model: A Qusai-Experimental Study of Pashto-English Morphological Ability. Amazonia Investiga, 9(34), 8-16. Online |
14 | Saleem, T., Anjum, U., & Khalid, M. (2020). Influence of social stratification on Pakistani English speakers apology responses: A phenomenological approach. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 7(1), 52-63. |
15 | Saleem, T., Batool, R., Saleem, A., & Azam, S. (2020). Caught between Two Cultures: Pragmatic Transfer in English-using Pakistanis Apology Responses. Amazonia Investiga, 9(35), 8-16. Online |
16 | Saleem, T., Hakal, M., & Azam, S. (2020). Transcultural pragmatics awareness in ESL classroom: A case of Pakistani English speakers. Erevna: Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 4(1), 53-70. |
17 | Aziz, F., Saleem, T., Saleem, A., & Batool, R. (2020). From pragmatic competence to intercultural competence: Pakistani ESL teachers’ perspectives of teaching interculturality in ESL classroom. Amazonia Investiga, 9(33), 37-45. Online |
18 | Maqsood, B., Saleem, T., Aziz, A., & Azam, S. (2019). Grammatical Constraints on the Borrowing of Nouns and Verbs in Urdu and English. SAGE Open, 9(2), 21-58. Online |
19 | Aziz, A., Maqsood, B., Saleem, T., & Azam, S. (2018). The investigation of pragmatic transfer in the speech act of congratulations by Punjabi EFL learners. International Journal of English Linguistics, 8(6), 240-255.Online |
20 | Saleem, T., & Anjum, U. (2018). Positive and Negative Politeness: A Cross-Cultural Study of Responding to Apologies by British and Pakistani Speakers. International Journal of English Linguistics, 8(5), 71. Online |
21 | Azam, S., & Saleem, T. (2018). Teaching pragmatic competence in Pakistani context: A case of Pakistani EFL learners compliment responses. Erevna Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2(2), 27-49. |
22 | Azam, S., & Saleem, T. (2018). Congratulations across cultures: Punjabi and British speakers. Erevna Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2(1), 47-64. |
23 | Saleem, T., Anjum, U., & Naz, A. (2018). Pragmatic Transfer in Pakistani English Speakers Apology Responses: Impact of Social Power. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 12(2), 74. Online |
24 | Saleem, T., Azam, S., & Servar, Q. (2018). A Lacanian reading of Kanza Javed's ashes, wine, and dust: The mourning subject of desire. New Horizons (1992-4399), 12(2). |
25 | Aziz, A., Maqsood, B., Saleem, T., & Azam, S. (2018). A Comparative Study of WH-Movement in Urdu and English: A Minimalist Perspective. International Journal of English Linguistics, 8(6), 7-29. Online |