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On Subject and Theme: A discourse functional perspective
Edited by Ruqaiya Hasan † and Peter H. Fries
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 118] 1995
► pp. v–xii

Table of contents

Reflections on subject and theme: An introductionxiii
1. Approaching the French clause as a movie in dialogue: interpersonal organisation1
2. Mood and the Ecosocial dynamics of semiotic exchange51
3. The English ‘tag question’: A new analysis, is(n’t) it?91
4. “Nothing” makes sense in Weri: A case of extensive ellipsis of nominals in a Papuan language123
5. Subjectlessness and Honorifics in Japanese: A case of Textual contrual151
6. A dynamic perspective: implications for metafunctional interaction and an understanding of theme187
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7. On theme in Chinese: from clause to discourse235
8. A systematic functional approach to the thematic structure of the old English clause275
9. Themes, methods of development, and texts317
10. Defining and relating text segments: subject and theme in discourse361
Index405


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