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A Study on Constructing Discourstics within a Linguistic Framework

  • The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
  • Abbr : 사회언어학
  • 2005, 13(2), pp.43-68
  • Publisher : The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Linguistics

Seulong Kim 1

1동국대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study focuses on constructing discourstics utilizing the methodology of linguistic analysis. Discourstics is a theory which analyses meaning and signification through context and discourse. This theory originated from reflections on dichotomy, universalism, reductionism, and how we think of those characteristics as being part of diversity. The integrated study of discourstics is one area of linguistics that mainly deals with the construction of language. In discourstics, construction of the process of becoming discourse is examined. In view of this, 'text' is a discourse unit within linguistics, 'statement' is a part of the text, 'arrangement (agencement)' is the method of constructing statements. Contextualization and formation for processing and analyses of discourses are necessary. Contextualizing is the construction of context of the text through which the text becomes concrete. There are three paradigms: the value paradigm, the theme paradigm, and the subjectivity paradigm. Meaning is constructed through contextualization and formation. This shows how the context is comprehended and how the meaning of communication through statements and discourse is significant. The effect of discourse strategy results in various signification. Therefore, discourstics is suggested to be an effective tool in analyzing the diversity and complexity of language in a social context.

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