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“Theme”及“Rheme”的應用 國立成功大學 外文系 高實玫 skao@.tw I. “Theme”/”Rheme”的定義 In English, the element placed in the front of a clause is a signal of what is to be understood as the “framework” or “point of departure” (Halliday, 1985) . The rest of the clause is what the writer wants to discuss within this framework. Thus, which order a writer chooses to arrange the words in a sentence depends on the co-text—the sentences before and after that particular one. I. “Theme”/”Rheme”的定義 Theme= “ the left-most constituent” Rheme= the rest of the sentence Theme =/= Subject I. “Theme”/”Rheme”的定義 1a. Mr. Yang