Abstract:
Human beings have interactional nature، and with the passage of time، always try to present their ideas، expectations، and worldviews to the humanity. In the past، since the mass media was not easily accessible to everyone، graffiti was considered a powerful tool for transmitting thoughts and inclinations. In other words، as graffiti is affected by a specific line of thinking، it is possible to follow linguistic and cultural patterns. The current paper tries to investigate the existing common linguistic patterns in English and Persian graffiti in order to understand their social and behavioral patterns better. The research findings show that graffiti follow a distinguished linguistic pattern and are systematic، in a way that they can be compared with seven linguistic functions of Halliday. By systematic، it means that the graffiti can be analyzed through linguistic and cultural frameworks. However، the results showed that there are some differences in English and Persian graffiti. In Persian graffiti، instrumental، imaginative، and interactional designs are frequent. The research analysis that has been conducted in the social domain verifies the existence of such features in the East. In English graffiti، too، personal and regulatory functions more frequent than the Persian ones and these differences are also related to cultural indices of the two languages
Machine summary:
In this research, we attempt to investigate common semantic patterns and tendencies in Persian and English graffiti to become more familiar with the psychology and sociology of these two cultures.
The results of the study showed that there are differences in the linguistic goals and tendencies of graffiti in the Persian and English languages.
In English graffiti, the "individual" and "regulatory" functions are also more frequent compared to the Persian language, and these differences are related to the cultural indicators of the two languages.
In this research, we examine the linguistic characteristics of graffiti in terms of the seven functions of language and, in this regard, conduct a comparison between Persian and English graffiti.
This research is based on the hypothesis that graffiti is linguistically studyable and systematic, and the structure of these writings is placed within specific semantic patterns based on the different content they possess.
Abel and Buckley believe: Graffiti is a type of communicative means that has a personal nature and lacks social restrictions, which allows individuals to access the forbidden points of their minds.
According to Halliday, just as the structure of the first language develops in the child's mind, different linguistic functions also take shape in their mind (Moradi Moghaddam and Ghansouli, 2012).
So far, no study has been conducted to compare Persian and English graffiti; therefore, this research can significantly contribute to understanding these two cultures.
In Table 2, we see that there are differences between various linguistic functions from a Hallidayan perspective in Persian and English graffiti.
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