Representation of Woman in Shahrzad Series from the Perspective of Sociolinguistic

One of the ways to study linguistic changes in society is to study the cultural products of the community, such as stories, novels, musical productions, films and series; furthermore, gender, in particular, gender representation of women is the media interest with a significant role. Representation of women varies in different cultures, and the way of portraying a woman is influenced by the particular cultural look to its role and stance. The current paper aims at investigating women's representation in Shahrzad series from the perspective of Sociolinguistics. To this end, sequences of the series, which are closely linked to the subject of research, namely gender-based linguistic interaction, have been selected and analyzed using the Barrett's three-dimensional semiotic analysis method, woman's representation, as well as the linguistic status of women against men from the perspective of Sociolinguistics. The most significant results show the representation of the type of linguistic control by women, the men language superiority to the inferiority of the language of women; the inferiority as a result of women linguistic absence, as well as sexuality in linguistic communication, which is based on ideology and patriarchal discourse in society.