On subject and theme : a discourse functional perspective

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:...

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Hlavní autori: Hasan, Ruqaiya, Fries, Peter Howard
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia J. Benjamins 1995
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Vydanie:1
Edícia:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic
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ISBN:9789027236210, 9781556195723, 9027236216, 1556195729
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  • ON SUBJECT AND THEME -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the authors -- Reflections on Subject and Theme: An introduction -- 1. Approaching the French Clause as a Move in Dialogue: Interpersonal Organisation -- 2. Mood and the Ecosocial Dynamics of Semiotic Exchange -- 3. The English 'Tag Question': A New Analysis, is(n't) it? -- 4. ''Nothing'' Makes Sense in Weri: A Case of Extensive Ellipsis of Nominals in a Papuan Language -- 5. Subjectlessness and Honorifics in Japanese: A Case of Textual Construal -- 6. A Dynamic Perspective: Implications for Metafunctional Interaction and an Understanding of Theme -- 7. On Theme in Chinese: From Clause to Discourse -- 8. A Systemic Functional Approach to the Thematic Structure of the Old English Clause -- 9. Themes, Methods of Development, and Texts -- 10. Defining and Relating Text Segments: Subject and Theme in Discourse -- Index