Analysis of Female Identity Embodiment through Linguistic Codes in Storytelling

The complexity of language has led to a wide range of methods and scientific approaches in its study, one of which examines the relationship between language and gender. This paper, using a descriptive-analytical method and a library-based approach, investigates how feminine gender influences the language of the novel Koli Kenare Atash. It explores the patterns through which femininity is expressed in the linguistic signs and language used in the text, and subsequently, how these usages represent female identity. In this novel, which seeks to portray the fragmented identity of women within a traditional society, the author initially embodies femininity through the unique application of linguistic codes in the narrative. These patterns include emotional language, monologue-driven speech, distinctive use of interrogative sentences, color terms, descriptive language focused on the body, lexical poverty, the language of silence, prescriptive language, sensory language, and the use of hesitation markers. Through employing these linguistic codes, the author successfully creates twelve linguistic subjects, each embodying various stereotypical roles and gender schemas associated with women.