(1)Do you know the man who came to dinner? (2)This happened on the day the dam broke ()All personnel requiring travel permits, please sign here The thematic structure of such clauses is the same as that of dependent clauses However, because of their down-ranking the fact that they do not function as constituents of a sentence, their thematic structure is minimal, and for practical purposes can be ignored C. Theme in minor clauses Minor clauses refer to clauses with no mood or transitivity structure, typically functioning as calls, greetings, exclamations, and alarms, such as Mary/ Good night! Well done ! They have no thematic structure, either D. Theme in elliptical clauses ) ellipsis Here, some part of the clause is presupposed from what has gone before, for example, in response to a question. The resulting forms are very varied Some are ind istinguishable from minor clauses, such as Yes. No. All right. Of course;these have no thematic structures, because they presuppose the whole part of the preceding clause, hav ing their own thematic structure; the details will depend on which part is presupposed. For example "Fire. fire!" cried the town crier "Theres a fire! 问 Exophoric clauses In this type of ellipsis, the clause is presupposing anything from what has gone before, but simply taking advantage of the rhetorical structure of the situation, specifically the roles of speaker and listener. Hence the Subject, and often also the finite verb, is "understood"from the context, such as Thirsty?(=Are you thirsty? ) No idea. (=I've no idea. ) A song.(= Let's have a song! ) Feeling better?(= Are you feeling better?) Such clauses have, in fact, a thematic structure but it consists of rheme only The Theme is(part of) what is omitted in the ellipse 3.9 Thematic interpretation of a text A. Theme selections in a text See the Figure on pp 101-103 3.10 Assignment Divide the class into groups of five, and then analyze the thematic structure of either of the following two texts (1)Chapter One of Alice in the Wonderland (2)朱自清《春》 Then summarize the thematic progression pattern of each piece After that, please compare the two pieces and then tell the differences between these two texts B. Thematic progression in a text ()T1-R1()T1-Rl(i)T1-R1 TI-R2 T2-R2 T2-R27 (1) Do you know the man who came to dinner? (2) This happened on the day the dam broke. (3) All personnel requiring travel permits, please sign here. The thematic structure of such clauses is the same as that of dependent clauses. However, because of their down-ranking the fact that they do not function as constituents of a sentence, their thematic structure is minimal, and for practical purposes can be ignored. C. Theme in minor clauses Minor clauses refer to clauses with no mood or transitivity structure, typically functioning as calls, greetings, exclamations, and alarms, such as Mary!, Good night!, Well done!. They have no thematic structure, either. D. Theme in elliptical clauses (i) Anaphoric ellipsis Here, some part of the clause is presupposed from what has gone before, for example, in response to a question. The resulting forms are very varied. Some are indistinguishable from minor clauses, such as Yes. No. All right. Of course; these have no thematic structures, because they presuppose the whole part of the preceding clause, having their own thematic structure; the details will depend on which part is presupposed. For example: “Fire, fire!” cried the town crier. “There’s a fire!” Rheme (ii) Exophoric clauses In this type of ellipsis, the clause is presupposing anything from what has gone before, but simply taking advantage of the rhetorical structure of the situation, specifically the roles of speaker and listener. Hence the Subject, and often also the finite verb, is “understood” from the context, such as Thirsty? (=Are you thirsty?), No idea. (= I’ve no idea.), A song. (= Let’s have a song!), Feeling better? (= Are you feeling better?). Such clauses have, in fact, a thematic structure, but it consists of Rheme only. The Theme is (part of) what is omitted in the ellipsis. 3.9 Thematic interpretation of a text A. Theme selections in a text See the Figure on pp.101-103. 3.10 Assignment Divide the class into groups of five, and then analyze the thematic structure of either of the following two texts. (1) Chapter One of Alice in the Wonderland (2) 朱自清《春》 Then summarize the thematic progression pattern of each piece. After that, please compare the two pieces and then tell the differences between these two texts. B. Thematic progression in a text (i) T1-R1 (ii) T1-R1 (iii) T1-R1 T1-R2 T2-R2 T2-R2