Foucault’s theory of power and discourse has opened new horizons in the various fields of linguistics. It has brought the working of the power of discourse into the focus of research. Critical Discourse Analysis looks at this relationship between language and power. Language is taken as a patent tool for exerting power and for building identity (Foucault, 1998). Critical discourse analysis (CDA) reveals the ways by which discourse is manipulated for the construction of various domains such as identity, ethnicity, ideology, cultural differences and gender. The most wide-ranging and most influential work in CDA is of Norman Fairclough. He takes language as a social practice. He makes it clear that the power of discourse is used for depiction of ideology and gender representation. The present study used Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as an approach to find out the working of frames for representation of gender identity. The current study analyzed the campaign speeches of Hillary Clinton for finding out her projection of gender identity through frames. The data of the study consists of her opening primary campaign speech which is the Campaign Launch Speech and her last speech for Primary campaign that was delivered in the American presidential election of 2016. The theoretical framework for the present study is Fairclough’s Three Dimensional Model (2015) and the tool applied on this model for looking into the working of frames is the Frame Problem Tool of Gee (2014). The results of the study revealed that Hillary used the technique of framing for projecting her gender identity. She used the fight and family frames for the modification of the boundaries of American presidency with respect to gender. Through her political discourse she framed herself as a brave and bold woman who had she become the president of the United States would have fought for the rights of all Americans irrespective of their creed, sect, religion, gender and nationality.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between language, power and gender among less educated people. Less educated people here mean those who passed only middle class examination. Foucault's theory of power and discourse gave new dimensions to languages. Language is used to exert power (Foucault, 1998). Due to this relationship of language and power, the speakers try to use that language as is enjoying power and high status in their speech community. Those of high status enjoying language is very much seen in the process of code switching where the speakers do code switching from low status enjoying language to high status enjoying language.The major aims of this research were to find out the relation between language and power and how speakers' use of powerful language varied across gender. This study was quantitative. Data collection was done through questionnaire comprising of two sections. The first section was consisted of 10 close ended questions to know the relation between language and power. The second section of the questionnaire comprising of 10 close ended questions measured the status of Punjabi and Urdu. After careful inquires 30 less educated L1 Punjabi speakers were randomly selected from the city Sheikhupura. Among these 30 participants 15 were male and 15 were female. Audio recording was taken from 14 participants, 7 males and 7 females who had also took part in survey questionnaire to get the data about Urdu code switching. The results collected through the gathered data revealed the L1 Punjabi speakers regarded Urdu as powerful language and they asserted that language and power are closely related with each other. Further women used more powerful language and for this purpose they did more Urdu code switching as compared to men. Keywords: power; discourse; multiculturalism; code switching IzvlečekNamen te študije je raziskati povezavo med jezikom, močjo in spolom med manj izobraženimi ljudmi. Kategorija manj izobraženi se nanaša na tiste ljudi, ki imajo dokončano le srednješolsko izobrazbo. Foucaultova teorija moči in diskurza je v jezik vnesla nove razsežnosti. Foucaultu 22 Asim KARIM , Safina KANWAL (1998) predstavlja jezik osnovni mehanizem moči. Zaradi povezave med jezikom in močjo skušajo govorci uporabljati tisti jezik, ki uživa v družbi največjo moč in ugled. Pogosto se dogaja, da govorci nižjih slojev uporabljajo jezik višjih slojev za menjavo kodov.Ta raziskava si prizadeva najti povezavo med jezikom in močjo, nato želi ugotoviti, kako spol govorcev vpliva na uporabo jezika z večjo močjo. Raziskava je kvantitativne narave. Podatke smo zbrali na osnovi vprašalnika, ki je bil sestavljen iz dveh sklopov. Prvi sklop je obsegal 10 tesno povezanih vprašanj, katerih cilj je bil izluščiti povezavo med jezikom in močjo. Drugi sklop vprašalnika iz prav tako 10 tesno povezanih vprašanj je določil status pandžabščine in urdščine. Anketiranih je bilo 30 manj izobraženih govorcev pandžabščine (L1) iz mesta Sheikhupura. Polovica od njih je bilo moških in polovica žensk. G...