Sociocultural values and pragmatics of caste address form in multilingual Pakistani student and teacher discourse

Introduction. Pakistani universities' multilingual and multicultural classrooms can create communication difficulties when trying to understand the attitude and meanings conveyed by caste address forms in student and teacher discourse. Address forms are influenced by sociocultural values, they reflect speakers' linguistic reality and convey the social structure of the society. Among the variety of address forms in Pakistani English speakers' caste as a category of address form represents their cultural identity and norms. This article aims to present the findings of the study regarding the use of caste as a category of forms of address among multilingual Pakistani English speakers in a university setting.