Abstract

Language is a mirror to self-identity and social power. Humans sculpt their identities in society through their own words and linguistic structures and if they are marginalized or demeaned, they count on language to show power and individuality. The importance of language as identity mirroring, sets the present study to investigate feminism on a linguistic ground. It examines women speech under a critical discourse analysis which makes the perfect lead to the swelling social problem of women's identity and power. The study aims at investigating how women utilizes their true power through language. To achieve this aim, the study investigates the linguistic structure of Lady Zainab's (A.S.) sermon. The study adopts Fairclough's Model (1995) in order to reach the intended conclusion.

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