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UNINA9910808538703321 |
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Titolo |
On subject and theme : a discourse functional perspective / / edited by Ruqaiya Hasan, Peter H. Fries |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-16215-2 |
9786612162152 |
90-272-9775-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (469 p.) |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 118 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HasanRuqaiya |
FriesPeter Howard |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment |
Discourse analysis |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 Chines / 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 VileĢm 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 |
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