This article proposes, in an exploratory theoretical mode, a small
set of (connected) methodological suggestions (pro/positions) for the analysis of
political and ideological processes that are materialized in (mainly) linguistic
discursive form, within a given historical cycle (20th century Mexican
parliamentary discourse). In particular, the text focuses on the delicate and
intricate relationships that develop between analyst, constitutive frame (or
point of view) and object of analysis, and on the necessity of exploring and
deepening this relationship along the investigative itinerary. Reading, seen as a
communicable, structured and formal sense-making activity, plays a key role in
the deliberate and situated semiotic ‘stoppage’ that is effectuated by discourse
analysis research practices, as illustrated here with excerpts from the corpus of
a previous extended study. |