On subject and theme: a discourse functional perspective

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The ten papers in this volume focus on Subject and Theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilém Mathesius, while Subject has traditionally been seen as just a syntactic entity. More recently two related perspectives on these concepts have attracted linguists' attention: the formal criteria for their recognition and the relations between the two concepts. Using the systemic functional model as their point of departure, the papers in the present volume consider the two no…

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Full title :On subject and theme : a discourse functional perspective / edited by Ruqaiya Hasan, Peter H. Fries.

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The ten papers in this volume focus on Subject and Theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilém Mathesius, while Subject has traditionally been seen as just a syntactic entity. More recently two related perspectives on these concepts have attracted linguists' attention: the formal criteria for their recognition and the relations between the two concepts. Using the systemic functional model as their point of departure, the papers in the present volume consider the two notions in a wider context by relating them to the interpersonal and textual metafunctions of language.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):J. Benjamins
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1995.

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Description:1 online resource (xlv, 414 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789027297754, 9027297754, 1282162152, 9781282162150, 9786612162152, 6612162155
oclc:ocm70769310
LC Classification:P298
Dewey Decimal:415

Approaching the French clause as a move in dialogue / Alice Caffarel -- Mood and the ecosocial dynamics of semiotic exchange / Paul J. Thibault -- The English "tag question" / Bill McGregor -- "Nothing" makes sense in Weri / Maurice Boxwell -- Subjectlessness and honorifics in Japanese / Motoko Hori -- A dynamic perspective implications for metafunctional interaction and an understanding of theme / L.J. Ravelli -- Subject and theme in Chinese / Fang Yan, Edward McDonald, Cheng Musheng -- A systemic-functional approach to the thematic structure of the Old English clause / Michael Cummings -- Themes, methods of development, and texts / Peter H. Fries -- Defining and relating text segments / Carmel Cloran.

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Analyse du discours Discourse analysis Grammar, Comparative and general -- Top… Languages & Literatures Onderwerp (taalkunde) Philology & Linguistics Pragmatics Sujet et prédicat Systemic grammar Thema (taalkunde) Thema-Rhema-Gliederung