A thematic approach to meaning diversity in grafittis (Mus/Merkez Sample) [Duvar Yazilarindaki Anlam Çesitliligine Tematik Yaklasim (Mus Merkez Örnegi)]

Abstract

Street/wall writings that are with their mode and messages found their ways into the city life considered as the notions that belong to local sub-cultures on the basis they are language materials and are surrounded by signs that need to be examined. By this way we limited our study to context-sentence frame within Mus-Merkez streets and the concept of graffiti is studied according to its language items. For this purpose sentences are taken into hand to analyze various meaning categories and the importance of these to the language skill activities are brought to attention. The creative side of the multidirectional and -from time to time- funny grafittis that reflects the delicacies of the society as a form of text and that are the elements of urban pop culture are given importance while also classifying the sentences according to linguistics. The target of the text is to be beneficial to Turkish language researches, being a local and a natural source for the achievement of creative writing skills enjoyably and efficiently. © 2019 Cyprus International University. All rights reserved.