Topic 8 - Discourse structure and point of view > Linguistic indicators of point of view

Linguistic indicators of point of view

On previous pages we have looked at some of the big overarching factors involved in the study of viewpoint - different kinds of narrator, the discourse 'architectures' of different texts and different kinds of point of view (spatial, temporal etc). Now we will shift from macro to micro. We will explore a number of extracts from novels and short stories to see how viewpoint is indicated and controlled by particular linguistic features. As we explore these texts in detail, we will effectively be going through the areas covered on the point of view checksheet which we have provided for this topic.

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