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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453666103321

Autore

Hasan Ruqaiya

Titolo

On Subject and Theme [[electronic resource] ] : A discourse functional perspective

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1995

ISBN

1-282-16215-2

9786612162152

90-272-9775-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (469 p.)

Collana

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

Altri autori (Persone)

FriesPeter H

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Discourse analysis

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and comment

Linguistics

Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment

Philology & Linguistics

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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 Theme7. 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; CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC



THEORY series

Sommario/riassunto

The ten papers in this volume focus on Subject and Theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of VileĢm 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.