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- catalog abstract "The papers in this volume focus on subject and theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilem 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 this volume consider the two notions in a wider context by relating them to the interpersonal and textural metafunctions of language. By contrast with the current linguistic approaches, the primary focus here is neither simply on formal recognition criteria nor on the relation of these elements to each other; instead, the notions of subject and theme are examined from the point of view of their function in the economy of discourse, with studies of their significance in English and French, as well as in a range of non-Indo-European languages. Definitions of the concepts are offered on the basis of their discourse functions, which are also important in selecting the formal recognition criteria and in understanding their mutually supportive role vis a vis each other.".
- catalog contributor b8858720.
- catalog contributor b8858721.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The papers in this volume focus on subject and theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilem 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 this volume consider the two notions in a wider context by relating them to the interpersonal and textural metafunctions of language. By contrast with the current linguistic approaches, the primary focus here is neither simply on formal recognition criteria nor on the relation of these elements to each other; instead, the notions of subject and theme are examined from the point of view of their function in the economy of discourse, with studies of their significance in English and French, as well as in a range of non-Indo-European languages. Definitions of the concepts are offered on the basis of their discourse functions, which are also important in selecting the formal recognition criteria and in understanding their mutually supportive role vis a vis each other.".
- catalog extent "xlv, 414 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "On subject and theme.".
- catalog identifier "1556195729 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "On subject and theme.".
- catalog isPartOf "Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 118".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins,".
- catalog relation "On subject and theme.".
- catalog subject "415 20".
- catalog subject "Discourse analysis.".
- catalog subject "Grammar, Comparative and general Topic and comment.".
- catalog subject "P298 .O5 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "On subject and theme : a discourse functional perspective / edited by Ruqaiya Hasan, Peter H. Fries.".
- catalog type "text".