One way of giving prominence to a Theme is to construe it as if it was a circumstance of Matter; for example, as for the ghost, it hasn’t been seen since. By being first introduced circumstantially, the ghost becomes a focused Theme.
Monday 8 October 2018
Matter: Theme & New
Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 328):
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Circumstance,
Clause,
Ideational,
Information,
Lexicogrammar,
Matter,
Projection,
Textual,
Theme,
Transitivity
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