Rethinking Multiple Theme in Systemic Functional Grammar

YANG Bing-jun

Jun. 2021

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YANG Bing-jun. Rethinking Multiple Theme in Systemic Functional Grammar[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2011, 27(1): 14-18.

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YANG Bing-jun. Rethinking Multiple Theme in Systemic Functional Grammar[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2011, 27(1): 14-18.

YANG Bing-jun. Rethinking Multiple Theme in Systemic Functional Grammar[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2011, 27(1): 14-18.

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YANG Bing-jun. Rethinking Multiple Theme in Systemic Functional Grammar[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2011, 27(1): 14-18.

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Rethinking Multiple Theme in Systemic Functional Grammar

YANG Bing-jun

School of Foreign Languages Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

Received Date: 2010-08-23
Available Online: 2021-06-24

Abstract

Abstract

Enlightened by German scholars and the Prague School, systemicists have pushed forward the research on Theme-Rheme structure further, more detailed and thorough than ever.However, the definition of multiple Theme needs better justification, and the description of the serial structure of multiple Theme is not so comprehensive as to include the realization of some typical English patterns.This paper is intended to make an analysis of the problems of multiple Theme proposed by Halliday from three perspectives.
- multiple Theme,
- conflation,
- boundary,
- Systemic Functional Grammar