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Book: Systemic Functional Perspectives of Japanese

Chapter: The system of THEME in Japanese

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.18645

Blurb:

This paper will describe one instance of the system of Theme in Japanese as it is realised in a set of selected written texts. The unit over which Theme/Rheme is mapped is the Theme unit which is defined grammatically as a co-referential unit in which the referent is the first constituent (Thomson, 2005:162), and semantically as one phase of continuous thematic progression (Thomson, 2005:165). The realisation of Theme is the constituent in first position of the Theme unit. The following description includes a treatment of single Themes, multiple Themes, implicit Themes and marked Themes.

Chapter Contributors

  • Elizabeth A. Thomson ([email protected] - book-auth-151) 'Defence Force School of Languages'