The predicated Theme in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country—a resource for written text
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Título: | The predicated Theme in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country—a resource for written text |
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Autor/es: | Martínez Lirola, María | Smith, Bradley |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Análisis Crítico del Discurso Multimodal (ACDM) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa |
Palabras clave: | Predicated Themes | Systemic functional linguistics | Paton, Alan | Discourse semantics | Theme | Rheme | Given | New |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Filología Inglesa |
Fecha de publicación: | 29-ene-2009 |
Editor: | Walter de Gruyter |
Cita bibliográfica: | MARTÍNEZ LIROLA, María; SMITH, Bradley. “The predicated Theme in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country—a resource for written text”. Text & Talk. Vol. 29, Issue 1 (Jan. 2009). ISSN 1860-7330, pp. 1-20 |
Resumen: | In this paper we explore the use of predicated Themes in the novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton, using the systemic functional framework of analysis. We show how this noncanonical structure helps to build the novel's semantic textual design. The analysis of the structural component of predicated Themes (Theme–Rheme and Given–New structures and their interactions) will be essential to an understanding of the functions these structures and other grammatical resources play in the novel. This is complemented by a paradigmatic view on the use of predicated Themes: that is, we view these structures as the realization of systemic options in the grammar of English, functioning as resources for the creation of text. One proposal for theorizing the novel's semantic organization in particular is explored, that of hyper/macro-Theme/-New, as developed by Martin (1992), based upon work by Fries (1981). By employing these concepts, as features in the semantic systems of “method of development” and “point”, we show how the use of predicated Themes may be related to the discourse functions they serve and thus, ultimately, to the context of the novel. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/15647 |
ISSN: | 1860-7330 (Print) | 1860-7349 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1515/TEXT.2009.001 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/TEXT.2009.001 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - ACDM - Artículos de Revistas Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones |
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