A sociolinguistic study of Iraqi parliamentary electoral campaign slogans
Other Title(s)
دراسة اجتماعية لغوية لشعارات الحملة الانتخابية البرلمانية العراقية
Author
Source
Journal of Babylon Center for Humanities Studies
Issue
Vol. 8, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2018), pp.1-22, 22 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon Babylon Center for Civilization and Historical Studies
Publication Date
2018-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
22
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Arabic language and Literature
Abstract EN
Political slogan is one of the most essential means that political parties and candidates adopt to communicate with electorate, especially when party identification is in decline.
The practice of political advertising in Iraq started with the use of posters, handbills and printed materials.
This study aims to shed some light on how candidates and political parties communicate with their audience in Iraq .
The first aim of the current study is to investigate slogans used in Iraqi parliament election ( 2014) from a sociolinguistic perspective.
The sample collected to the study comprises ninety slogans from different places in Iraqi provinces, to accomplish this objective approach.
Theinvestigation of the language functions that the slogans conveys is another aim of the study.
Moreover, it shows the linguistic (semantic, phonological, and syntactical) characteristics that identify slogans.
It also highlights the sociopolitical features that slogans represent.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Azzawi, Qasim Ubays Daim. 2018. A sociolinguistic study of Iraqi parliamentary electoral campaign slogans. Journal of Babylon Center for Humanities Studies،Vol. 8, no. 3, pp.1-22.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Azzawi, Qasim Ubays Daim. A sociolinguistic study of Iraqi parliamentary electoral campaign slogans. Journal of Babylon Center for Humanities Studies Vol. 8, no. 3 ( 2018), pp.1-22.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Azzawi, Qasim Ubays Daim. A sociolinguistic study of Iraqi parliamentary electoral campaign slogans. Journal of Babylon Center for Humanities Studies. 2018. Vol. 8, no. 3, pp.1-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-841179
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 21-22
Record ID
BIM-841179