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Theme/rheme structure

Theme/rheme structure. “The textual function of the clause is that of constructing a message and theme and rheme structure is the basic form of the organization of the clause message” (Halliday qtd. Alonso Belmmonte and Mccabe-Hidalgo, 15). Uses of Theme/rheme structure

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Theme/rheme structure

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  1. Theme/rheme structure “The textual function of the clause is that of constructing a message and theme and rheme structure is the basic form of the organization of the clause message” (Halliday qtd. Alonso Belmmonte and Mccabe-Hidalgo, 15)

  2. Uses of Theme/rheme structure - comprehension and production of texts - a tool of instruction for the teacher to evaluate L2 writing at the level of discourse (Alonso Belmmonte and Mccabe-Hidalgo, 15)

  3. What is theme? • Theme is the element which serves as “the starting-point for the message, it is what the clause is going to be about” (Eggins, 299). • It contains familiar or given information. • Its function is to signal the relationship between the thought in the speaker mind and its expression in discourse (Alonso Belmmonte and Mccabe-Hidalgo, 17).

  4. What is rheme? • It is the part of the clause in which the themeis developed. • It contains unfamiliar or “new” education • Everything that is not the theme is the rheme. (Eggins, 300)

  5. Many children are still at risk from neglect or abuse

  6. Common errors • Over use of constant progression • Discoursal and topical themes • Intervening material • The empty rheme • Over use of “there” • Brave new theme • Unclear reference

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