Discursive Construction of Language Policy in IranCase Study, Kaveh Journal,1294-1301(SH)

Iran is a Multi-ethnic and multi-lingual country. During the Pahlavi I Government era, the constructed language policy has moved from taking Persian as a lingua-franca Language to Persian as the only legitimate language of Iran. By adopting this language policy, Persian language was promoted as formal language and was allowed to proliferate; but other Languages in Iran were excluded from being used in educational, official and other formal fields. Regarding discursive nature of language policy and considering it as a social construct and assuming that the Kaveh magazine has been one of the discourse constructing journals prior to new order in Iran, this research has adopted Mouffe&Laclaueapproach to discourse theory and by using text analysis techniques of CDA has analyzed all of the magazines. Research has found that linguistic unitarism is a nodal point in Iranian Identity discourse and has explained the way that this discourse has become hegemonic.