A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Gender In Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump’s Political Speeches*

Abstract

This Study Examined Gender Effects On Political Discourse And The Differences Between Politicians Speeches Using Robin Lakoff’s Model (1975). Data Are Collected From Two Speeches Of Hillary Clinton: Campaign Launch Speech On June 13, 2015 In New York And The Democratic National Convention Speech On July 28, 2016, In Philadelphia And Donald Trump’s Two Speeches, His Campaign Announcement Speech June 16, 2015, In New York And Republican National Convention Speech July 22, 2016, In Cleveland, Ohio. The Results Show That In Their First Speech, Both Clinton And Trump Gendered Their Speeches, Which Means That In Their First Speech, Clinton Speaks In A Manly Way And Trump Speaks In His First Speech In A Womanly Way. In Their Second Speech, They Both Switch To Their Gender. On The Other Hand, In Comparing Clinton’s Two Speeches With Trump’s, It Was Clear That Trump Adopted Women’s Language More Than Clinton Did In Her Speeches.