The inference-boundary model reinterpreting theme and rheme

• Main Author: Leong, Ping Alvin
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100660; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18180
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Hallidayan notions of theme and rheme pose an interesting challenge to linguists in their attempts to pin them down more specifically. This paper argues that since the thematic structure of the clause organises it as a message, a useful starting point in theme–rheme research is an understanding...