Thematic development in English texts / 
edited by Mohsen Ghadessy. 
 - London ;  New York :  Pinter,  1995. 
 - xviii, 280 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Open linguistics series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>1. A personal view of Theme / Peter H. Fries -- 2. THEME as an enabling resource in ideational 'knowledge' construction / Christian Matthiessen -- 3. Thematic options and success in writing / Margaret Berry -- 4. Thematic development and translation / Eija Ventola -- 5. Theme, processes and the realization of meanings in academic articles / Rachel Whittaker -- 6. Thematic development and its relationship to registers and genres / Mohsen Ghadessy -- 7. Thematic layering and focus assignment in Chaucer's General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales / Angela Downing -- 8. Marked Theme and its interpretation in A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad / Andrew Goatly -- 9. The Pit after the Theme / Carolyn G. Hartnett -- 10. A contribution on a panel discussion on Rheme / Jan Firbas -- 11. More than what the message is about: English Theme / J. R. Martin -- 12. Studying thematic development in on-line help documentation using the Functional Semantic Processor / Jonathan Webster. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1855673339 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Discourse analysis
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1422 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>420/.141