On Subject and Theme: A Discourse Functional Perspective

✍ Scribed by Ruqaiya Hasan; Peter Howard Fries

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 469
Series: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 118
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: 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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