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Linguistic variation in Iranian university student graffiti : examining the role of gender
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Morady Moghaddam, Mostafa and Murray, Neil (2023) Linguistic variation in Iranian university student graffiti : examining the role of gender. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 52 . pp. 721-742. doi:10.1007/s10936-022-09919-y ISSN 0090-6905.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-022-09919-y
Abstract
Research on the discursive features of graffiti in institutional settings is in its infancy and few studies have investigated the phenomenon and its implications in educational contexts. In this paper, we report on a study in which we employed systemic functional linguistics (Halliday in Learning how to mean, Edward Arnold, 1975). to probe communicative functions and gender differences in Iranian university student graffiti that appeared in all-male and all-female locations. The data comprised authentic instances of graffiti generated by students, analysis of which suggests that male and female university students each have their own distinctive motives for using graffiti, as realised in significant differences observed in the context-specific functions they perform. Graffiti pieces represented a distinctive and meaningful way of communicating, and its most salient features were creativity, simplicity and variation. Indications are that university students’ graffiti reflects psychological and social challenges, and the thoughts, attitudes and feelings expressed through it serve students’ personal and interactional purposes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Graffiti , Graffiti -- Iran, Graffiti -- Iran -- Sex differences , Graffiti -- Iran -- Psychological aspects , Educational psychology -- Iran, Functionalism (Linguistics), Language acquisition -- Sex differences | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Psycholinguistic Research | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0090-6905 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | June 2023 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 52 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 721-742 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10936-022-09919-y | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-022-09919-y | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 November 2022 |
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