Pre-constructed and pre-discourses: possibilities of analysis from the theorization by Marie-Anne Paveau

Abstract

This article aims at establishing relations of proximity and differentiation between the pre-constructed notion formulated by Paul Henry and taken up by Michel Pêcheux in Discourse Analysis and the notion of pre-discourses, according to Marie-Anne Paveau’s relatively recent theorization. Considering that these two theoretical notions refer to the functioning of discursive antecedents, what is proposed is a questioning about the (new?) ways of analysis that can present themselves to discourse analysts from the pre-discourse approach. In order to “test” these possibilities of analysis, the final part of the article refer to some statements that emerged in manifestations of opposition to Dilma Rousseff’s government in the period after her re-election, which were taken from the page of sharing videos Youtube from the video record made by the protesters themselves and the representatives of news agencies that covered the acts. The statements collected reinforce the specificity of Marie-Anne’s theory, since they denounce the vestige of pre-discourses, as well as authorize possible approximations between what they propose Pêcheux and Paveau in the context of themes that are already explored within the Discourse Analysis.