Kurdish Language
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The Discourse of Minorities and Stateless Nations
Abdulkhaliq Ibrahim Mustafa, Hiwa Jawad Taha
The main goal of the study is to find out how well artificial intelligence (AI) can perform Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Critical Media Discourse Analysis. It aims to discuss to what extent this technology can help researchers in the Kurdish language. On the other hand, the study also seeks to pinpoint areas where AI's potential is constrained or where it is shown to be completely incompetent. Using a qualitative methodology, this study analyzes AI-generated data and documents to achieve its goals. The researchers have made an effort to present the most important scientific tools and methods from the body of literature currently available on the connection between AI and CDA, as reported in international scholarly journals or proven by scientific research findings. The main focus of the study, though, is an experiment on AI to ascertain its potential in the domains of critical media discourse analysis and CDA. The study comes to the conclusion that, in spite of the benefits AI provides to Kurdish discourse analysis researchers, it is still inadequate or weak in analyzing the aspects of ideology and power, recognizing the connections between discourse and its political and cultural settings, exposing discourse tactics, and identifying the parts of discourse that are not spoken. This limitation results from AI's primary support and replication of the discourse of hegemonic and powerful states which marginalizes stateless nations and minorities who fall prey to the dominant and prevailing discourse.
Volume 13 · Issue 2 · June 2026The Role of Dictionaries in Standardizing Language
Hawsar Nawzad F Ibrahim, Rebwar Hassan Ibrahim
Being one of the world’s languages, Kurdish language consists of several dialects, there is a reason and factor behind having each of these dialects such as political geography which is one of the most influential factors behind forming such dialects and accents. Because it has been a long time since such divisions over Kurdish language, it is not an easy task to make and create one language out of them. Rather, it is better to unify such differences under one of these dialects. This is done through introducing one of the dialects as the official language. And if we could not do this, we refer to other means that can help us in unifying the dialects of a language. As a result, the standard language will be created, which is the dictionary discussed in this research and highlighted its critical role especially the Encyclopedic dictionary. Because dictionary in general, and encyclopedic dictionary in particular is considered as a means of collecting and protecting the words of a language without distinction. It can also lead to form a standard language for a nation like Kurds; this can be achieved by the professionals’ participation in this field. In this study, a framework is being proposed to develop a standard language that can become a formal and standard language for all four parts of Kurdistan considering the characteristics of the dialects of each part. This study further discusses dictionaries in general and encyclopedic dictionaries in particular in which we can protect our language’s vocabularies and form such language that all the four parts of Kurdistan can use in writing and use it in education process. In this research, all these details have been discussed that are necessary to form a standard language and for the dictionary as well which is the basis of forming the encyclopedic dictionary and is equal to forming the standard language.
Volume 12 · Issue 5 · October 2025Infinitive Structure of Kurdish Language According to New Theories of Language
Kamal Muhammed Omer, Sabah Rashid Qadir
It is obvious that the topic of the infinitive, whether as function and role or as structure and appearance, is one of the main and basic foundations of the linguistic units of most languages in the world, this is based on its participation as the infinitive or as the verb itself will actively engage in the language structure. As a consequence of that, many different perspectives and opinions have been expressed about infinitives in these languages. In this research, we tried to explain some of the rules and constitutions of the structure of infinitives in Kurdish according to new language theories and present necessary and proper examples in this regard. We compared those rules and forms of infinitive structure in other languages like English and also in Arabic as well, to demonstrate more about infinitive structure, because Incorporation languages work similarly in some characteristics, this similarity is significantly parallel in Kurdish and English. On top of that, the function of the infinitives and the roles they can turn into in the structure of phrases and sentences are discussed and investigated. At the end of the research, we reached several conclusions, followed by the references, the abstract and title of the research in English.
Volume 12 · Issue 3 · June 2025The Effect of Conceptual Learning Strategies on Acquiring Kurdish Grammar Concepts Among Sixth-Grade Students
Zuzan Hassan Ahmed
This research aims to assess the effectiveness of Concept Map strategies in helping sixth-grade students acquire Kurdish grammar concepts. The study used an equivalent groups design, in which one experimental group were receiving instruction based on Concept Map strategies, whereas the other group followed traditional teaching methods. The researcher selected Piremagroon primary Co-educational school for Girls as the study site and randomly assigned two divisions: one to serve as the experimental group and the other as the control group, consisting of twenty-eight and thirty students, respectively. Firstly, the selected groups were carefully matched based on several key variables. Later, a test consisting of fourteen items was constructed, including seven multiple-choice questions as well as seven matching and error identification questions. Nevertheless, the test was thoroughly examined for its psychometric properties, including both reliability and validity measures. The experiment was conducted over a period of time extending from 22/1/2024 to 7/3/2024. It involved administering the test, correcting students’ responses, extracting relevant data, and analyzing the results by means of an independent-samples t-test. However, the results showed that the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group in acquiring grammar concepts. The researcher concluded the study by making several recommendations and suggesting valuable directions for future related research in this area.
Volume 12 · Issue 3 · June 2025Delexical Verbs in English and Kurdish
Hawkar Muhammed Ameen Radha, Bekhal Latif Muhedeen
This paper entitled " Delexical Verbs in English and Kurdish Language: A Comparative Study" is an attempt to compare both languages related to delexical verbs in terms of syntax and semantics. Delexical verbs, a set of common and frequent verbs, are the indication of an important group of transitive verbs in English language which take a core role in spoken and written language. This study hypothesized that there are several similarities and differences regarding delexical verbs in both languages. Delexical verbs have a unique structure in which the lexical verb is delexicalised, and some changes occur in the nature of the verb, especially on its meaning. The meaning of the action is shifted from the verb into the accompanied noun. The aim of this study is to make a comparative analysis of delexical verbs in English and Central Kurdish languages to find out the similarities and differences of delexical verbs between English and Kurdish (Central Kurdish).
Volume 9 · Issue 5 · December 2022Identity and Language of Education in the Kurdistan Region
Azad Aziz Sleman
This research is intended to shed light on the problems of the Kurdish language in the Kurdistan Region, especially in the field of education and higher education. This is because we assume that in modern life, there is a great risk which threatens our cultural identity in the light of globalization that tries to weaken our natural identity and impose a unipolar cultural dominance of the English language. If in the past the responsibility lies with the enemies of the Kurdish people in crackling down on the kurdish language in the stages of the occupation, the responsibility now lies with the officials of the Kurdistan regional Government (from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education). Because they do not have a policy and plan related to the language, and do not put an end to the disregard of the Kurdish language and the violation of the state law and constitution. In this regard, we have tried to present different views on the language of education in the centers of education and its effects on the linguistic identity of the individual and Kurdish society. In addition, schools and education centers were classified according to languages. Finally, the importance and status of language in the process of education were analyzed in order to reach conclusions on the formulation of a current plan of the Kurdish language in the education process.
Volume 9 · Issue 4 · September 2022The Role of Non-Constituents in The Sentence Structures in Kurdish and Persian Languages
Hamza Hussein Hama, Rabar Kakarsh Mina
This study is a summary of analyzing and explaining 'sentence structure' in general and the role of non-constituents as non-constituents in the sentence structure in both Kurdish and Persian languages. The study consists of the following sections: Section one contains several subsections; in the first subsection, the concept of 'sentence' was discussed and a definition of 'sentence' was provided. In the second subsection, various types of sentence constituents were briefly introduced and presented. Then in the following subsection, types of constituent word order were explained. Following that, Syntactic lyres in terms of construction were explained in brief. Finally, in the last subsection of Section One, types of constituent word order were presented. In Section Two, 'sentence structure' in both Kurdish and Persian has been discussed, and the structures of both languages based on linguistic standards and theories have been shown. In another subsection, 'sentence structure' was discussed in detail from a syntactical point of view. In the third which is the last section of this study, 'sentence structures' were compared in both languages in detail, necessary examples from both languages were provided and analyzed, and the syntactic role of various constituents of 'sentence structures' in both languages was discussed. In the end, various roles of non-constituents were explained in detail and very specifically. Finally, conclusions were drawn and the references list was provided.