The papers in this volume focus on subject and theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilem Mathesius, while subject has traditionally been seen as just a syntactic entity. More recently, two related perspectives on these concepts have attracted linguist…
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 lingu…
Themes play a central role in our everyday communication: we have to know what a text is about in order to understand it. Intended meaning cannot be understood without some knowledge of the underlying theme. This book helps to define the concept of 'themes' in texts and how they…