Punjabi use as a blessing or barrier in female adult bilingual students: A socio-cognitive analysis

This sociolinguistic paper intends to investigate the perceptions of adult bilingual learners to explore whether they view Punjabi use as a blessing or a barrier as a mode of interaction and communication in light of the impact of social attitudes. A mixed-method approach was used to obtain the data. An online circulation of questionnaires among 100 female students from two universities in Sialkot was made, and follow-up interviews were conducted with two students from each university. The paper has highlighted the positive and negative outcomes of Punjabi use in the Punjabi society/community.