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Figure9.5.
Extractfromthestandardformwhichguidestheanalystincarrying
outtheactivity[Contextualizedminimaldesignation]
Finally, as Figure 9.5 shows, the analyst is also invited to specify the
type
of
contextualization
he has chosen
to render the minimal expression of a conceptual
term or configuration of conceptual terms more precise, more communicative.
Bearing in mind the different hypotheses and propositions in discourse analysis, for
now we distinguish (as Figure 9.5 shows) between two main discursive strategies of
contextualization which are reminiscent of the discourse production around a theme
or topic and analysis of it (see Chapter 7). It is a question of
positioning the minimal
expression
either in a
referential context
or in an
enunciative context
, i.e. in the
context peculiar to the production of a discourse thematizing a conceptual term or
constellation of conceptual terms (see Figure 9.5).
In the former case, it is usually a question of positioning a minimal expression in
a space, time or in a social, historical, cognitive (i.e. knowledge- and belief-based)
environment. In the latter case, it is a question of positioning the minimal expression
