دراسة لغوية اجتماعية للغة الاصطلاحية للسيارة وسط عمال المنطقة الصناعية العراقيين في مدينة كربلاء

Rp- A Sociolinguistics Study of Car Jargons among Iraqi Industrial Zone Workers in kerbala City .pdf

Abstract
The present study attempts to discover and analyze the car technicians jargon used by those who work in the industrial zone of Karbala city. It intends to make people know more about car technicians jargon in the industrial zone since cars today are one of the necessities of human life. No other study has dealt with car technicians jargon in Iraq so this study comes to fill this gap.
The current study aims to: (1) Describe car technicians jargon employed by technicians in the industrial zone of Karbala city in terms of car technicians jargon forms. (2) Reveal different types of meanings of car technicians jargon employed by car technicians. (3) Identify the differences between people of different education, age and years of experience in the use of cars jargon. (4) Figuring out if there are significant differences in the use of these jargon forms among cars technicians (blacksmith, plumber, dyer, electrician). It is hypothesized that: (1) Car technicians jargon consists of different forms such as words, phrases, acronyms and abbreviations. (2) There are two kinds of meanings in jargon: conceptual and connotative. (3) Variables (age, education, years of experience) affect industrial workers’ use of car technicians jargon in the industrial zone of Karbala. (4) There are no statistical significant differences in the use of these jargon terms among car technicians (blacksmith, plumber, dyer, and electrician).
In the current study, three methods are used for collecting data from the groups that consist of 100 participants: making interviews, observation, and designing a close ended questionnaire. Data are analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The study involves two levels for qualitative analysis: forms and meanings. The study is limited to the spoken varieties of language in the industrial zone of Karbala city. Karbala is selected as the sample of this study.
The data analysis yields the following outcomes: (1) Word is the most common type of jargon forms used by cars technicians in the workplace. (2) Conceptual meaning is frequently utilized in comparison to connotative. (3) Variables (age, education, years of experience) do not affect industrial workers’ use of car technicians jargon in the industrial zone of Karbala except years of experience. (4) The analysis reveals that there is no statistically significant difference in the use of jargon forms among the four groups