April 2025 , Pages 1099-1117
Dr.Hersh Karim Hamid 1 ; Dr. Peshkawt Majid Muhammad 2 ; Dr. Hiwa Ghafar Ali 3
1 Ministry of Education General Directorate of Education of Garmian
2 Ministry of Education b. Garmian General Education
3 Ministry of Education b. Garmian Training
Linguistic vandalism sheds light on the role of linguistic vandalism as one of the main reasons to bring a radical change in Kurdish cultural. Linguistic or graffiti vandalism encompasses all those writings, signs and symbols which convey numerous distinctive messages. They are written on the walls of public and private places which have negative implications on two dimensions whether degrading the beautifying of the places and destroying their environments and on the other hand devaluing the norms of sociolinguistics of language and language constitutions. Consequently, they have an implication on a certain community and jeopardize social relationships. Samples have been taken from academic settings in the Kurdistan Region to demonstrate this phenomenon. Analytical and descriptive techniques were employed as a research method and the data collection was fulfilled through work-field by the researchers. The study consists of two parts. First, it provides general framework of vandalism and identifying Linguistic or graffiti vandalism in detail. It also encounters the relationship between linguistic vandalism and culture. Second part includes research methodology and discussions of the study. This study restricted to consider three different ages in the educational settings namely: primary، high school and university and 670 graffities have been taken based on topics types, styles and motives of graffiti to investigate them. Finally, the rate of their usages in different subjects according to the ages and stages of the learners have been exposed.