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T1 Theme, Transitivity and Cognitive Representation in Spanish and English Written Texts
A1 McCabe, Anne M.
A1 Alonso Belmonte, Isabel
AB Our aim in this paper is to explore the notion of Theme from acognitive perspective. We see the pressures which are brought to bearon Theme choice as manifold, as these pressures come in varying degreesfrom the three metafunctions: the interpersonal, the textual, andthe experiential. It is this last component, with respect to the text producer’scognitive perspective of reality, which is focused on here. Tothis end, using a discoursal cognitive perspective, we expand the functionalconception of Theme, and review other analysts’ (Ghadessy, 1993;Fries, 1995a; inter alia) results on Theme selection, as well as provideresults from our own contrastive studies on Theme in Spanish and English.We conclude that, since Theme choice is linked to the contextualconfiguration of the text, the way in which text producers view thefield of discourse, i.e. their cognitive representation of the field, is acontributing factor in motivation for Theme selection.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna
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RD 22-may-2024