A study of stance markers in the American feminine political speeches

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The study investigates the grammatical markers adopted to show stance-taking in the American feminine political speeches.

These markers are to be identified according to Biber's (2006) framework in a sample that consists of nine political speeches delivered by the three female American Secretaries of State; Madeleine K.

Albright, Condoleezza Rice, and Hillary Clinton.

The findings mainly reveal that epistemic modals and adverbs expressing certainty are the most common grammatical formulations used in expressing stance in the American feminine political speeches which go in line with the rhetorical features of political speeches and the speaker's aim as well.