Topic 8 - Discourse structure and point of view > Ideological viewpoint

Ideological viewpoint

On the 'Linguistic Indicators of Point of View' page we saw, through the examination of a small extract from D. H. Lawrence's story Fanny and Annie, that, in addition to spatial viewpoint, we could establish temporal, social and attitudinal viewpoint, all of which are signalled linguistically. We also pointed out someone's attitude is not merely individual, but is representative of a significant group of people, this kind of viewpoint is often described as being ideological in nature. This is particularly the case if the set of attitudes perceived behind what someone says or writes relates to socio-political matters. On this page we are going to explore attitudinal and ideological viewpoint in more detail.

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