Some Basic Issues of Discourse Analysis Supported by Data

Abstract

This paper explores discourse analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on the intersection between discourse analysis and corpus linguistics. It seeks to clarify the respective roles of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis in interdisciplinary linguistic research. The integration of computational tools and techniques into linguistic studies represents a significant advancement yielding promising results; however, such approaches cannot replace the necessity of qualitative, critical, and context-sensitive analyses. Research on language in use must be grounded in the theoretical foundations of linguistics and discourse analysis. This paper offers an introductory overview of the topic rather than an in-depth analysis and aims to lay the groundwork for further, more comprehensive investigations.