Leña Al Mono

everything you want

joscoihnconsld

as a personal name.

modal: any of the model Adjunct

which expresses the speaker's judgment

regarding to relevance of the message

such as probably, possibly, certainly,

perhaps, maybe; usually, sometimes,

always; occasionally, generally regularly;

of course…; I think, in my opinion,

personally; frankly, to be honest;

honestly; please, kindly; evidently;

hopefully; in general; strictly speaking;

wisely; to my surprise…

mood-marking: a finite verbal

operator

WH (interrogative or relative)

experiential
Topical (participant, circumstance,

process)

Figure 2.1.3.1 Components of a multiple Theme (M. A. K. Halliday, 1994a, p. 54)

(a)

oh soldier, soldier won't you marry me

continuative vocative finite topical

textual interpersonal experiential

Theme

Rheme

(b)

please doctor don't give me any more of

that nasty

medicine

modal vocative finite topical

interpersonal experiential

Theme

Rheme

(c)

On the other hand

maybe

on a week day it would be less

crowded

conjunctive modal topical

textual interpersonal experiential

Theme

Rheme

7It is a good way to start by teaching the ways of presenting variation in clause structure in

relation to discourse functions because discourse analysis is to have an influence on how

language is taught and the notion of theme and how it is realised in English is an area where

grammatical structure and discourse function seem most closely allied. However, the natural

data show that variations of standard SVOA order are much more frequent than might be

thought. So the structural options are organised to describe how meanings are made in texts

and theme and discourse can not be separate with each other.