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Jimmychoo Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
unmarked/marked themes
please help me to identify the unmarked or the marked themes for this sentence:
as with almost every mechanical, electrical or electronic device ever invented, i do not get on with house alarms
is every mechanical, electrical or electronic device the unmarked theme of the sentence?
as with almost every mechanical, electrical or electronic device ever invented, i do not get on with house alarms
is every mechanical, electrical or electronic device the unmarked theme of the sentence?
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Hello, Jimmychoo. The subordinate clause in your sentence sounds a bit odd for the theme of the sentence -at least to me. Anyway, if it is actually the theme, it is an instance of marked theme .
- Hello, Jimmychoo.
- The subordinate clause in your sentence sounds a bit odd for the theme of the sentence -at least to me.
- Anyway, if it is actually the theme, it is an instance of marked theme .
- In functional grammar, you speak of "unmarked theme" when the theme overlaps with the subject of the sentence.
- This is so because, in a declarative sentence, the subject is the element that will generally be chosen as theme, unless there is a good reason to choose some other part of the sentence.
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Hello, Jimmychoo.
The subordinate clause in your sentence sounds a bit odd for the theme of the sentence -at least to me.
Anyway, if it is actually the theme, it is an instance of marked theme. In functional grammar, you speak of "unmarked theme" when the theme overlaps with the subject of the sentence. This is so because, in a declarative sent
The subordinate clause in your sentence sounds a bit odd for the theme of the sentence -at least to me.
Anyway, if it is actually the theme, it is an instance of marked theme. In functional grammar, you speak of "unmarked theme" when the theme overlaps with the subject of the sentence. This is so because, in a declarative sent
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hi, jimmy,
i think the whole of the subordinate clause constitutes the theme of the sentence because u know that in a clause complex, the whole of the subordinate clause, if it precedes the main clause, is the theme. u cannot have a marked or unmarked theme with sub clauses because they do not have a definite clausal mood. that is, they cannot be said to be either declarative, imperative,
i think the whole of the subordinate clause constitutes the theme of the sentence because u know that in a clause complex, the whole of the subordinate clause, if it precedes the main clause, is the theme. u cannot have a marked or unmarked theme with sub clauses because they do not have a definite clausal mood. that is, they cannot be said to be either declarative, imperative,
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Hey Miriam,
When you say "When other structures are the theme of a sentence (complements, adjuncts), you call those marked themes." Do you mean all adjuncts? Inculuding conjunctive adjuncts?
In this sentence " For example, a 300-qubit quantum computer has a state described by 2300 (approximately 1090) complex numbers, more than the number of atoms in the
When you say "When other structures are the theme of a sentence (complements, adjuncts), you call those marked themes." Do you mean all adjuncts? Inculuding conjunctive adjuncts?
In this sentence " For example, a 300-qubit quantum computer has a state described by 2300 (approximately 1090) complex numbers, more than the number of atoms in the
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