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Product Description A distinctive and controversial feature of Systemic-Functional Grammar, as theorised by Michael Halliday, has been its analysis of formal units into Theme and Rheme. It has been argued that the function of sentence Themes is to expound the organising principle, or ?method of development,? of a text or text-segment. This book reviews that claim and sets out to test it empirically by examining sentence Themes in a corpus of 80 short argumentative texts by authors of four differing levels of linguistic and rhetorical competence. Evidence for semantic patterning in Theme is considered and compared with evidence for comparable patterning in Rheme and Subject. The research also investigates interaction between Theme and other formal features of text associated with discourse organisation, such as definiteness, lexical cohesion, retrospective labelling, prospection, and adverbial clauses with extended discourse scope. The author concludes there is little evidence that Theme has a privileged role in expounding text structure. The book will appeal to those interested in functional theories of grammar, corpus-based approaches to written text analysis, and composition instruction. About the Author Peter Crompton holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Lancaster, in the United Kingdom. He has taught English and applied linguistics in Europe, the Far East, South East Asia, and the Middle East. He is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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Brand: VDM Verlag
Format: paperback
ASIN: 3639132157
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Linguistics > Reference
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 08 March 2009
Listed Since: 17 April 2009

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