We propose basic thesis on discourse analysis in order to establish it as o
ne methods of empirical sociology. First, discourse analysts can't go outsi
de of discursive space they belong to. But it doesn't make discourse analys
is impossible. Second, discourse analysis suppose the totality of discursiv
e space virtually. Thirdly, discourse analysts suppose the objectivity of e
xistence of discourses, and they analyse the process of formations and tran
sformations of discursive space as social fact. The main question is "Why i
s this particular discourse, not anything else, presented?". Fourthly, disc
ourse analysts problematize "Why anybody told similar discourses at one tim
e-space?" rather than "Who told?".