The Use of Power Language of South Sulawesi Women Legislators in Political Discourse Through Vocabulary Features: A Case Study of the Chairperson of the Regional House of Representatives of South Sulawesi

Abstract

This research is a qualitative research using Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis which aims to; (1) revealing the form of using the language of power of women legislators in South Sulawesi in political discourse through vocabulary features, (2) revealing the forms of using the language of power of women legislators in political discourse through grammatical features, (3) revealing forms of using the language of power of women legislators in political discourse through features text structure. The data of this study are natural texts in the form of transcripts of women's legislators' speeches in political discourse that contain the construction of power. The data sources for this research are phrases, clauses, or inter-paragraphs that contain the unity of ideas and ideas that were transcribed from video recordings that aired on the Tribun Timur media youtube channel throughout 2021. This study proves that a female politician is able to exercise power through her speech. The power of the female legislator in South Sulawesi is the implication of the position of the South Sulawesi DPRD as a legislative body that has a control function, budgeting function, and the function of making regional regulations to the executive and the people of South Sulawesi. The female legislator of South Sulawesi AIKS (initial name) exercises her power through a number of grammatical features, including nominalization, passive active sentences, sentence modes, modalities, and personal pronouns. The text of the political speech of the Chairman of the DPRD (Regional House of Representatives) of South Sulawesi Andi Ina Kartika Sari consists of several parts.