A Social Semiotic Study of Words Used by Iraqi People's- 25 October, 2020- Demonstrations

The current study is a social semiotic study in which it indicates the relationships between language and social structure' so that it gives the Iraqi people their identity. It investigates the language used by demonstrators and Iraqi people on October 25, 2020. The language used are among ""جوكرية or "عصابات الجوكر" (Jokers), "سوبرتك تك" , "جبل أحد" , "مندسين", "ذيل" or "ذيول", "القمصان البيض", and "القمصان السود". The researcher explores the meaning of the aforementioned terminologies and analyzes them using Barthes semiotic model of sign and interpretation. The words are interpreted in terms of denotation, connotation, and myth. Ultimately, it concludes that these lexicons give the Iraqi people their culture. These lexicons are entries that can be added to the Iraqi Colloquial Dialect Dictionary.