ABSTRACT
Discourse analysis is typically located on the periphery of sociolinguistics. Its origin is linked, on one hand, to pragmatics, where it contrasts with conversation analysis and, on the other hand, to sociopolitical studies, where it is a primary source of information for the understanding of ideology. Likewise, while considering language and speech to be part of culture and worldview has been common practice in anthropological and philosophical studies (Marcus and Fischer 1986), and more recently of cultural studies, it has not been central to sociolinguistics.
