THEMATIC AND RHEMATIC PROGRESSION IN WRITTEN ADVERTISEMENTS
THEMATIC AND RHEMATIC PROGRESSION IN WRITTEN ADVERTISEMENTS
Author(s): Simona ŞimonSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: interpersonal function; rhematic progression; thematic progression; written advertisements
Summary/Abstract: The present paper focuses on the interweaving of themes and rhemes at the discoursal level. Daneš (1974) termed this kind of concatenation thematic progression and identified four basic classes; these will be supplemented with several others. The kinds of thematic and rhematic progression encountered in 84 written advertisements, classified according to their interpersonal function, will be then studied.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 307-316
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
