Language StudiesLinguisticsApplied LinguisticsDiscourse AnalysisPragmaticsTextual AnalysisTheme DevelopmentDiscourse Structure AnalysisTheme AnalysisTheme-rheme Organization
In recent years, a number of linguists have been interested in the flow of information in texts.1 I have been using a systemic-functional approach to discourse analysis to demonstrate the usefulness of the concept of Theme. As a part of that endeavour, it is necessary to develop a better description of Theme. Halliday has defined Theme in the following terms.