Friday, 27 April 2018

Complement As Marked Theme In ('Instantial') Attributive Clause


queen
though
she
was
Attribute

Carrier
Process: attributive
Theme: marked
Rheme
Complement
conjunctive Adjunct
Subject
Finite
Predicator


Mood



Blogger Comments:

'she' is a token of the type 'queen' (instantiating),
not a Token of the Value 'queen' (identifying).

The Subject is not "unmarked Theme".
The topical Theme of a clause is either unmarked or marked, not both.

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