THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, CONTEMPORARY ARTICULATIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MEANING

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the theoretical foundations of Discourse Analysis (DA), with emphasis on the French tradition, articulating the contributions of Michel Pêcheux, Dominique Maingueneau, and José Luiz Fiorin, in dialogue with authors such as Foucault, Althusser, Bakhtin, and Fairclough. This is a qualitative, bibliographic study based on a critical analysis of classical works in the field. The results show that discourse constitutes a social practice shaped by ideology, power, and historicity, playing a central role in meaning production and subject constitution. It is concluded that the articulation between French Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis enhances the analytical potential for understanding contemporary discursive phenomena, especially in institutional contexts.