Anwar El Issa: 2 books
The Lexico-Grammatical Categories of Theme as an Index of Genre in Discourse Analysis
A Functional Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
The book is based on systemic-functional grammar (SFG) and focuses on the concept of Theme (the element which occupies the initial position in the clause in English), which plays a special role in the textual organization of the message contained in the clause. Theme represents one of the ways by...
Theme as an Index of Genre in Discourse Analysis
A Functional Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
The main focus of this book is on Theme-Rheme analysis. In English the Theme is realized as the initial constituent of the clause or sentence. The information that is contained within the themes of the various sentences of a passage correlates with the method of development of the passage. The meaning...