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The National identity in Kurdish proverbs
Pareshan Khalid Sabir, Sirwan Jabbar Amin
Identity is intimately related to people’s understanding of “who they are,” “what they are,” and what matters to them. This understanding depends on a number of factors. Identity also creates similarities and differences between individuals or groups. In fact, the emergence of identity is the emergence of similarities and differences between oneself and the other. That is, when someone says I am that person, that family, that nation, he says I am different from this and that and the others. National identity is an individual's sense of affiliation with a nation. Geography has its impact on language and national identity. Without this geography, called the country, states, cultures and civilizations could not exist. Lifestyles, forms of communication and languages have emerged according to the areas in which people live. This research is entitled “National Identity in Kurdish Proverbs”. Through the study of the content of Kurdish folk proverbs, many of the characteristics of the national identity and civilizational characteristics of an important part of the population of Kurdistan, especially in the center and south, can be known. This includes familiarity with the customs and traditions and the nature of the economic, social and political situation. This research is an attempt to get to know the Kurds through the Kurds themselves, not foreigners. This paper aims to demonstrate this role. The aim of this study is to show the role and characteristics of proverbs as some examples of oral means of expressing Kurdish national identity, because proverbs are the wisdom of human experience and a mirror of culture, opinions, norms and lifestyles. For this purpose, the method of "descriptive, analytical" has been used to interpret the content of the proverbs that carry national identity.
Volume 8 · Issue 3 · September 2021Proverbs, A syntax-pragmatics perspective
Sherko Hama Amin Qadir
There is a lack of studies in folklore genre in terms of linguistics, and the field has been underestimated. From this perspective, this study entitled (Proverbs in terms of syntax and pragmatics) is done. The study consists of two parts and descriptive method is applied. The first part of the study focuses on proverbs, their features and comparison with some other folkloric genres. The second part of the study is the practical part that discuss the forms of the Kurdish proverbs and their sentence structure. Then, the pragmatic signs and their task in the proverbs are argued with examples. Finally, the results, the references and the abstract are shown.
Volume 8 · Issue 1 · March 2021The Effects of Gender Differences in the Kurdish Individual's Vision of Human Values in Kurdish Proverbs and its Dimensions Among University Students - A Cognitive Study –
Hemin Abdulhameed Shams, Khalid Ismail Mustafa
The research has a variety of aims. First, to clarify the cognitive level of the Kurdish individual about human values in Kurdish proverbs and its related dimensions, as well as to know the impact of gender differences on Kurdish proverbs and its dimensions. To achieve these two aims, 150 undergraduate university students participated randomly in the current research. The researchers used a self-designed data-gathering tool consisting of 204 varieties of Kurdish proverbs, each proverb with five Likert options. The psychometric of collection tool which is the validity and reliability of the instrument was measured and was at the required level and good enough to be used. In order to analyze the data of the research, the researchers used the (SPSS) statistical package for the social sciences program. After analyzing the data, the results of the research showed that the cognitive level of the Kurdish individual about human values was at a high and positive level according to the five Likert options, and the effect of gender differences on human values and their dimensions were not statistically significant except for four dimensions. The analysis also showed controversial results for negative proverbs about each gender variable. In conclusion, the study in light of the research results made some recommendations and scientific suggestions to the related field.