http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).13
10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).13
Published : Jun 2021
Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar
This work explores the relationship between linguistic structures and socially constructed meanings in a text. It employs the transitivity framework of Halliday in order to expose the ideological position and power relations in a classic literary work, especially from a systemic functional perspective. It also tries to find common ground between systemic functional grammar and a narrative. The presence of certain recurring linguistic features in a literary text gives insights into how such linguistic features create meanings and effects. The grammatical structures in a literary work are suggestive of some special meanings and effects. Consequently, in-depth analyses of these grammatical structures in this classic literary work lead to a more realistic understanding of the conventional gender role assigned to the two main characters (the heroin and the protagonist) of Jane Austen's last finished novel Persuasion.
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Gender Role/Representation, Transitivity Framework, Systemic Functional Grammar, Narrative
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(1) Muhammad Ishtiaq
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Degree College Takht-e-Nasrati Karak, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Nasim Gul
Mphil English Linguistics, Department of English, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) Kohat, and FATA University, Kohat, KP, Pakistan
(3) Qaisar Hayat
Lecturer Department of English, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) Kohat, KP, Pakistan
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APA : Ishtiaq, M., Gul, N., & Hayat, Q. (2021). Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar. Global Sociological Review, VI(II), 104-112. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).13
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CHICAGO : Ishtiaq, Muhammad, Nasim Gul, and Qaisar Hayat. 2021. "Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar." Global Sociological Review, VI (II): 104-112 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).13
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HARVARD : ISHTIAQ, M., GUL, N. & HAYAT, Q. 2021. Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar. Global Sociological Review, VI, 104-112.
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MHRA : Ishtiaq, Muhammad, Nasim Gul, and Qaisar Hayat. 2021. "Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar." Global Sociological Review, VI: 104-112
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MLA : Ishtiaq, Muhammad, Nasim Gul, and Qaisar Hayat. "Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar." Global Sociological Review, VI.II (2021): 104-112 Print.
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OXFORD : Ishtiaq, Muhammad, Gul, Nasim, and Hayat, Qaisar (2021), "Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar", Global Sociological Review, VI (II), 104-112
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TURABIAN : Ishtiaq, Muhammad, Nasim Gul, and Qaisar Hayat. "Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar." Global Sociological Review VI, no. II (2021): 104-112. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).13