On Subject and Theme: A Discourse Functional Perspective (Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science, Series IV: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)

The papers in this volume focus on subject and theme. "Theme" began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilem Mathesius, while "subject" has traditionally been seen as just a syntactic entity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027236216
• ISBN13: 9789027236210
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 414 Pages