System functional linguists maintain that language has three metafunctions: ideational metafunction, interpersonal meta-function and textual metafunction. Among them, textual metafunction refers to themes and various ...System functional linguists maintain that language has three metafunctions: ideational metafunction, interpersonal meta-function and textual metafunction. Among them, textual metafunction refers to themes and various cohesive devices through whichthe discourse is integrated into a coherent whole. This paper mainly studies themes, emphasizing their roles in discourse coherence,and then points out the implications of theme analysis in the teaching of English writing.展开更多
文摘System functional linguists maintain that language has three metafunctions: ideational metafunction, interpersonal meta-function and textual metafunction. Among them, textual metafunction refers to themes and various cohesive devices through whichthe discourse is integrated into a coherent whole. This paper mainly studies themes, emphasizing their roles in discourse coherence,and then points out the implications of theme analysis in the teaching of English writing.