The inference-boundary model reinterpreting theme and rheme

• 主要作者: Leong, Ping Alvin
• 其他作者: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2013
• 主題: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100660; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18180
• 機構: 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...