Marked Topical Themes
- Adverbial as Theme
- Topical Theme: Down
- Rheme: Jack fell
- Prepositional as Theme
- Topical Theme: Up the hill
- Rheme: Jack and Jill went
- Complement as Theme
- Theme: His crown
- Rheme: he broke
Textual Themes are elements that do not express any interpersonal or experiential meaning, but play a crucial role in linking the clause to its context to ensure cohesion within the text (Eggins, 1994). According to Hewings, the linking function also helps to emphasize the developing or logical structure of a text. This is particularly significant due to the importance of argument, insight, critique, discussion, and analysis in the text.
Example of Textual Theme realised in conjunctions are seen below.
Table 1.1. Examples of Textual Theme
Coordination
Rina works very hard, but the classmates seem to waste too much time chatting.
Subordination
Many students did not pass the final test of Functional grammar because they were not prepared for it.
Relative
Some lecturers do not seem to welcoe the newest policy of the department, which is ((classroom observation))
Conjunctive
