Code-Switching In Bapsi Sidhwas's Novel "Icy-Candy Man

The post-colonial literature has been main focu of the linguists and literary personalities. The post-colonial writers highlit the vivid picture of the society of the sub-continent while in another way these writers like Bapsi Sidhwa gave the touch of code-switching as an element in the novel to show the authenticity of the society and culture. After the end of British Imperialism, English literature and language penetrated into the higher societies of the sub-continent. Bapsi Sidhwa who belongs to Pakistan is the best interpreter of the post-colonial societal language. The Ice-Candy Man is the master piece of arts and it is the fantastic combination of linguistic and literary study. The purpose of this study is to analyze three types of code-switching from English to Urdu language used by Bapsi Sidhwa in his novel. Among three types of code-switching is Inter-sentential, Intra- sentential and Embletic. The findings of our study showed that Intra-sentential is 65%, Inter-sentential is 17% and Embletic is 18%.