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Theme and Rheme: An Alternative Account

Theme and Rheme: An Alternative Account

Leong Ping, Alvin

Paperback

Series: Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie, Book 266

Grammar & StyleGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 3039101293
ISBN13: 9783039101290
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
Published: Mar 12 2004
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
This book argues for the inclusion of a cognitive psychological component in the analysis of theme and rheme, the basic building blocks of the message structure of language. The inference-boundary (IB) model is presented and justified as an explanatory model of the message structure of the clause and, above it, the text. It views theme as an element that is capable of generating a boundary of acceptability within which it is permissible for the rheme to occur. It explains why and how an initial element is considered to be thematic. The IB model also acknowledges the operation of a principle - the principle of acceptable message development - that underlies all that we say and write. This principle forms the basis of a simple test to identify and delimit the thematic portion.

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