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The Functional Roles of Language from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics
Shadan Hamaamin Mhammad
The nature and essence of language is such that human beings cannot clearly comprehend, analyze, and interpret it without using it in a practical way. Functional linguistics is one of the subjects and issues of modern linguistics that emphasizes the study of language from a social perspective and the functions that language performs in society. That is to say; the school of functional existence of language connects, on one hand, to the existence of society and, on the other hand, to the functions that language performs or indicates In this regard, the British linguist Michael Halliday has conducted research in this field and has attempted to clarify the role of language relationships as a large system whose parts are interconnected and inseparable from each other. From this point of view, he shows that language serves seven different functions, particularly in early childhood development. These functions reveal how children use language to meet various needs and interact with their environment. This study aims to analyze and explain the fundamental functions of language in the Kurdish language, based on Halliday's systemic functional linguistic theory. For this purpose, the book "Kurdish Reading" for third grade primary level has been used as a sample.
Volume 7 · Issue 2 · April 2020The role of linguistic context in conveying the syntactic meaning of the verb in Khanaqeen sub_dialec
Muhammed Majeed Saeed, Qais Kamal Ahmed
In the first part, the researcher determined the personal pronouns in the dialect of Khanaqeen: one group of separate pronouns and two groups of attached pronouns. The position and function of each pronoun is explained. The second part deals with the theoretical aspect of verb formation. The relation between the lexical and syntactic structure of the verb is indicated. The study has revealed that the linguistic information of the verb is organized and accumulated in the lexical items. Later this linguistic information interacts to form the external syntactic structure of the verb within the frame of the phrase and sentences. The third part also deals with the role of linguistic context due to its central role in determining the tense of verbs and sentences in the dialect of Khanaqeen.
Volume 6 · Issue 2 · September 2019Analysis of Social Deixis in A Night in Khanzadʼs Life
Diman Ezzadin Khidhir, Suhayla Hameed Majeed
Abstract Pragmatics is branch of linguistics that studies language in context, therefore, there should be a relation between language and context that surrounds the utterance. One of the manifestations of this relation is social deixis. Social deixis is the linguistic expressions that show the status of the speaker, the addressee, or a third person or entity referred to, as well as the social relationships holding between them. Social deixis deals with forms of address and the way are used by the communicators. This study aims to identify and analyse social deictic expressions in the play "A Night in Khanzad's Life" written by Hama Kareem Hawrami. This study helps the reader to understand the theme of the play more clearly through the use of social deictic expressions. It is concerned with both types of social deixis and how each type is related to the social identity, relative power and social relation between the characters.This study uses descriptive and qualitative method, because it identifies and analyzes both types of social deixis (relational and absolute) in the texts found in this play. The study is based on Levinson's theory on deixis (1983). The texts are taken from the play "A Night in Khanzad's Life".The steps to analyze the play are reading the play, finding the types of social deixis, analyzing and classifying the types. The dominant type that is used by the writer in this play is relational social deixis.