Words on Wheels: Investigating Car Inscriptions in Jordan

Darwish, Ibrahim; Rousan, Rafat Al

doi:10.36941/jesr-2019-0015

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“…In other words, the driver is sure that they cannot outspeed his car; a fact that explains why he has offered his as a reward. In (9), the driver warns other drivers not to try to overtake his car since they are not equal to him, or they do not have the skills he has. The sticker in (10) warns other drivers not to assume that he lacks the skill to drive fast, and he urges them to race him to see how skillful he is.…”

Section: Theory and Practice In Language Studies (B) Type 2: Stickers...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Hate Speech in Bumper Stickers in Jordan

Jaradat¹,

Hammouri²,

Bani-Khair³

et al. 2023

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This study investigates hate speech in bumper stickers in Jordan. A random corpus of 220 bumper stickers has been collected by the researchers themselves over the period of a year during which they have been commuting from their place of living to the Hashemite University. Graphics and images of any kind and shape are excluded. The findings show that 120 stickers out of 220 exhibit hate speech at the thematic level, and 50 stickers show structural hate speech since they restrictively use imperatives. Stickers displaying thematic hate speech are divided into five categories: stickers with direct threats to others’ souls and properties; stickers with challenges to others; stickers displaying driver’s disappointment, despair, and misery; stickers displaying indifference to others’ feelings, ideas, and properties; and stickers with implicit hate speech. Finally, the findings show that although the targeted stickers show hate speech, they do not carry any indication of blasphemy or disloyalty, and they do not gear addressees towards vandalism.

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Section: Theory and Practice In Language Studies (B) Type 2: Stickers...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Hate Speech in Bumper Stickers in Jordan

Jaradat¹,

Hammouri²,

Bani-Khair³

et al. 2023

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“…It is argued that writing about the envious eye inside Jordanian public transport vehicles might be traced to the passengers' and drivers' fear and discomfort of its negative effects. Jaradat (2016) and Darwish and Al Rousan (2019) posit that Jordanian drivers have expressed their concern and fear of the envious eye by writing Qur'anic verses whose aim is to protect them from such an eye.…”

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“…Jaradat's study (2016) on bumper stickers reveals social, economic, and philosophical themes. Darwish and Al Rousan (2019) demonstrate that the themes of inscriptions on vehicles are associated with religion, love, philosophy, advertisement, futility and fun, patriotism, etc.…”

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Graffiti Inside Jordanian Public Transport Vehicles

Karazoun

Hamdan

2021

Psycholing.

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Purpose. The study reported here aims to investigate the commonest communicative categories and subcategories of graffiti written inside Jordanian public transport vehicles. Method. The researchers collected 1,410 tokens of graffiti from six Jordanian cities, viz., Amman, Madaba, Irbid, Zarqa, Salt, and Jerash. The data which were collected from public transport vehicles included 1000 handwritten graffiti tokens and 410 custom-made stickers. Specifically, the data were collected from large and small buses as well as service and yellow taxis that lined up in main bus stations and bus stops available in front of hospitals, universities, malls and close to traffic circles. Then the categories and subcategories of graffiti were identified on the basis of their content. Results. The analysis reveals eight communicative categories, viz., personal, interpersonal, philosophical, religious, offensive, political, humorous, and sports. The analysis also reveals thirteen subcategories, viz., naming and self-identification, self-appraisal, love and familial relationships, philosophical perspectives, ethics of transport, decline of morals, expressions of Islamic faith, supplication, preaches, protection from the envious eye, territorial and tribal affiliation. Conclusions The study concludes that a host of societal concerns and individuals’ feelings and thoughts are transmitted through the discourse of graffiti. The passengers and drivers have expressed their self-concentration, philosophical views, affiliation with territories and tribes, hostility and anger to individuals and groups, and allegiance to religion beliefs and traditions. The study also concludes that there are socio-psychological motives that drive writing graffiti, viz., identify oneself, release emotions, criticize individuals and groups, reveal pride and admiration, advertise goods and promote business, search for contacts, post messages for the public, express attachment to educational institutions, document the occurrence of a particular occasion. The study recommends that graffiti written inside public transport vehicles in other Arab countries be examined. Thus, one could examine to what extent the communicative categories and subcategories of graffiti along with its socio-psychological tend to show a pan-Arab base.

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Words on Wheels: Investigating Car Inscriptions in Jordan

Cited by 2 publications

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Hate Speech in Bumper Stickers in Jordan

Hate Speech in Bumper Stickers in Jordan

Graffiti Inside Jordanian Public Transport Vehicles

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