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Grammar II, UNIT 5

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En este episodio vamos a estar hablando de INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (Unit 5). Vamos a tratar: system of theme, system of information, information structure, method of development, thematic progression y syntactic strategies to manage information.


DEFINICIONES ÚTILES:

  • THEME: the point of departure the speaker has chosen for his/her clause. It indicates what the message will be about and takes the initial position in the clause.
  • RHEME: the rest of the clause that is not the theme. It generally provides new information.
  • SIMPLE THEME: consists of only a topical theme (marked or not)
  • MULTIPLE THEME: consists of the topical theme plus a textual and/or interpersonal theme before it.
  • TEXTUAL THEME: provides the frame for the interpretation of the textual meaning of the clause by relating the clause logically with what has gone before, by means of conjuncts.
  • INTERPERSONAL THEME: expresses the speaker or writer's attitude toward the message in a clause, through modal adjuncts, adverbs, prepositional phrases or vocatives.


    • EXAMPLE OF A MULTIPLE THEME:

    Well, probably, Mike, Geography is not your main interest. -->

    Well = textual theme; probably and Mike= interpersonal theme; Geography = topical/experiential theme; is not your main interest= rheme


    END-WEIGHT PRINCIPLE: principle by which longer structures that carry more info tend to occur later in the clause.

    END-FOCUS PRINCIPLE: principle by which the most newsworthy info in the message is placed towards the end of the clause.


    METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT:

    • Chronological
    • Topographical
    • From whole to parts
    • From general to particular


      • THEMATIC PROGRESSION (the sequencing of themes and the way in which they are related to previous themes and rhemes in the text)

      • Linear thematic progression (THEME A + RHEME B --> THEME B + RHEME C --> THEME C + RHEME C)
      • Derived themes (THEME A [rodents] + RHEME --> THEME B [squirrels,rats, etc] + RHEME)
      • Topic continuity or constant theme (THEME A + RHEME A --> THEME A + RHEME B --> THEME A + RHEME C)
      • Theme with divided rheme ( THEME A + RHEME B+C --> THEME B + RHEME x --> THEME C + RHEME x)


        • SYNTACTIC STRATEGIES TO MANAGE INFORMATION

        • Fronting/thematization
        • Postponement
        • Clef sentences
        • Passivization
          • ...more
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