A sociolinguistic study of Iraqi parliamentary electoral campaign slogans

Other Title(s)

دراسة اجتماعية لغوية لشعارات الحملة الانتخابية البرلمانية العراقية

Author

al-Azzawi, Qasim Ubays Daim

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.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-841179

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.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-841179

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