Study of Female Speech Patterns in the Textual Context of Shiva Arastouei's Novels "Khof" and "Neyna" based on the DSL Approach

This research tries to answer the question in a descriptive-analytical way whether the patterns of female speech in the textual context of Shiva Arastouei's novels "Fear" and "Neyna" correspond to the model of Robin Lakoff (DSL1975). Or are the patterns presented in these works in conflict with the pattern considered in the DSL approach? In this study, among the characteristics considered by Lakoff, the lexical level is emphasized and all 5  components of this level include "repeated use of skeptics or modifiers", "use of polite forms of language and avoidance of suffixes", "use of aggravating adverbs", "The use of emotional attributes" and "the use of specific feminine words" are considered. With this aim, after classifying the research data and analyzing them, first, an attempt was made to determine the writing style of Shiva Arastouei at the level of the speech of the female characters of these two novels and then to adapt it to the components considered by Lakoff. The findings show that Arastouei was very careful in choosing the language of the female characters in these two novels, and components such as age, social class, occupation, education, etc. in the style of women's speech in his stories are clearly visible and can be claimed. She is one of the most successful women novelists in this field. In addition, many of the components of the feminine style of speech in her stories are consistent with Robin Lakoff’s model. Components such as specific feminine words, doubt markers, intensifiers, swear words and emotional sentences are the most significant manifestations of this adaptation.