Christoph, Sauer (1989) “Structure of Consensus – making and intervention: the concept of Nazi language policy in occupied Holland (“Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden” 1940-1945)” in Language, Power and Ideology: Studies in Political Discourse (ed.) Ruth Wodak: 3-37. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

1. Introduction

1.1 On my approach

We must assume that the authors of texts can – and do – have recourse to an instrumental concept of ideology that, by a mere process of addition, changes “neutral” texts into “ideological” ones, which may in turn be rendered “neutral” again by a process of deletion. – 3

1.2 Language policy

The linguistic forms, as bearers of meaning, are socio-historically determined; therefore, each text functions as a reconstruction or variation of the socio-historical determinants. – 6

1.3 Erosion of linguistic forms and ideological usefulness

1.4 The text and linguistic action

1.5 Allusion and multiple modes of reading in the ideological

2. The situation of occupation

2.1 Deutsche zeitung in den Niederlanden

2.2 NS-ideology for the Netherlands

3. Illustrative analysis

3.1 On the selection of the text

3.2 Texts

3.3 Text A and its function of directing reception

3.4 Textual strategies in text B: first mode of reading

3.5 Consensus-making and intervention: other modes of reading

4. Reading between the lines