The Acquisition of English Infinitives by Undergraduate Students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Miss Aneela; Ghani Rahman; Abdul Hamid

doi:10.47205/plhr.2021(5-II)2.27

The Acquisition of English Infinitives by Undergraduate Students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Authors

Miss Aneela

M.Phil Scholar, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan

Ghani Rahman

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan

Abdul Hamid

Assistant Professor, Department of English & FL, University of Swat, KP, Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2021(5-II)2.27

Keywords

Acquisition Infinitive Functions Infinitive Uses Infinitives

Abstract

The current study investigates the acquisition of English infinitives by the undergraduate students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. The main objectives of this research study were to explore whether the undergraduate students had acquired English infinitives or not. The study also investigated whether the learners could identify infinitives according to their function or position in English sentences. A hundred students were selected through convenience sampling from twenty districts, five from each district, studying in different universities and postgraduate colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The data was collected through a proficiency test specially designed for the purpose. The test results reveal that the students, by and large, had acquired all kinds of infinitives.