48 8.10.
Away it flew. 8.11.
Strangely, I could not recognize he. 8.12.
Before you arrived, my father had spoken about you. In the examples above, we can see other elements functioning as
Theme apart from the subject, thereby pushing the subject to a second position in the clause. In 8.9, we have an adverbial group indicating time. In 8.10, we have a complement. In 8.11, we have a comment adjunct, while in 8.12, we have a subordinate adjunct of time.
3.7 Multiple Themes Multiple Themes do sometimes occur in clauses when more than one constituent in the clause are given thematic status. Halliday (1985) identifies three types of theme that can feature in the multiple themes. He used the three dimensional metafunctions: Experiential, Textual and Interpersonal. The three types of theme recognized
are the Textual Theme, the Interpersonal Theme and the Topical Theme. The latter, Topical
Theme is typically unmarked, because it is the usual Theme. Textual Theme are used mostly in conversation to indicate argument. Interpersonal Themes are used to address listeners in conversation. They are usually signified by first names (
David), terms of affection (
darling), mood adjuncts (
maybe), comment adjuncts (
fortunately). Now let us see how multiple themes operate in clauses . Now Darling my aim is to get him to follow me tomorrow TEXTUAL INTERPERSONAL TOPICAL
RHEME
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