Chapter 4
Systemic Functional Linguistics, corpus linguistics and the textual metafunction
Article outline
- 4.1Systemic Functional Linguistics and corpus linguistics: A promising synergy
- 4.1.1Systemic Functional Linguistics and corpus linguistics: A ‘natural affinity’
- 4.1.2SFL and CL: Areas of divergence
- 4.1.3Corpus-based Systemic Functional Linguistics: Where do we stand?
- 4.2Zooming in on the textual metafunction
- 4.2.1The textual metafunction and thematic structure: Theme and Rheme in Systemic Functional Linguistics
- 4.2.1.1Theme and Rheme in Systemic Functional Linguistics
- 4.2.1.2Several types of Theme
- 4.2.1.3The Rheme: The parent pauvre of thematic structure
- 4.2.1.4Controversy over thematic structure: Theme/Rheme boundary and cross-linguistic validity
- 4.2.2Thematic structure and conjunctive markers
- 4.3Conclusion
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