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VOICE TO VOICELESS CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF BARAYE SONG FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).07      10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).07      Published : Mar 2025

Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change

Abstract

    The research paper focuses on the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of the song "Baraye" written and sung by Shervin Hajipour. The research explores how social and political ideologies are reflected in the language of song and how the language (lyrics) of song challenges the dominant discourse. This study uses qualitative research design and also encompasses content analysis to analyze the lyrics. The research paper focuses on the translation of transcribed lyrics of “Baraye” taken from Lyrics.com, as data for this study. The study uses Norman Faircolugh’s Three-dimensional model, developed in 1989 and published in 1995 as a framework. The analysis of the lyrics of “Baraye” is a testament to social and political ideologies that are reflected in them and ascertains their position as a counter-discourse that serves as a means to spread awareness about the conflicts, struggles of people and political stature of Iran, and challenges the dominant discourse.

    (1) Saroosh Jamil
    Research Students (MS Applied Linguistics), Department of English, Foundation University School of Science & Technology Rawalpindi Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shamaila Murtaza
    Research Students (MS Applied Linguistics), Department of English, Foundation University School of Science & Technology Rawalpindi Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Javeria Urooj
    Research Students (MS Applied Linguistics), Department of English, Foundation University School of Science & Technology Rawalpindi Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Jamil, S., Murtaza, S., & Urooj, J. (2025). Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change. Global Social Sciences Review, X(I), 75-84. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).07

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Jamil, Saroosh, Shamaila Murtaza, and Javeria Urooj. 2025. "Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change." Global Social Sciences Review, X (I): 75-84 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).07

HARVARD

    HARVARD : JAMIL, S., MURTAZA, S. & UROOJ, J. 2025. Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change. Global Social Sciences Review, X, 75-84.

MHRA

    MHRA : Jamil, Saroosh, Shamaila Murtaza, and Javeria Urooj. 2025. "Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change." Global Social Sciences Review, X: 75-84

MLA

    MLA : Jamil, Saroosh, Shamaila Murtaza, and Javeria Urooj. "Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change." Global Social Sciences Review, X.I (2025): 75-84 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Jamil, Saroosh, Murtaza, Shamaila, and Urooj, Javeria (2025), "Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change", Global Social Sciences Review, X (I), 75-84

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Jamil, Saroosh, Shamaila Murtaza, and Javeria Urooj. "Voice to Voiceless: Critical Discourse Analysis of “Baraye”: Song for Social Change." Global Social Sciences Review X, no. I (2025): 75-84. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).07