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Abstract
AB.$TRACT
This study investigates” Power Language.” More specifically .ir
IS a gender based study of PI as represented in selected segmetw; of
the Egyptian society .Thc study investigates how ”Power” is encoded
in speech, a question of central concern to sociolinguistics.
In different cornmunities, people speak differently. These
differences reflect significantly different cultural values. So the present
study gives an account of the Egyptian cultural values reflected in
speech by studying request· and commands as two speech acts
reflecting power because the right to request or command someone is
often derived from ”Power”.
Three instruments are used in the study: a role play task in
Arabic, recorded conversations of daily natural speech and
observations . The results of the study are generally consistent with
the results and findings of previous research in sex differences and
power language, in terms of :
(1) gender differences in requesting and commanding behaviour,
(2) cultural values revealed in the requests and commands given by
the subjects in their responses. (3) female speech as more polite than
male speech and classified as powertess speech . (4) requests and
commands used more by speakers who have power and who arc of
higher status than the addressees .