Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing
There is considerable agreement among linguists that theme acts as a cohesive device in texts. It plays a major role in message organization and in enabling it to be communicated and understood clearly. Although one issue in writing is how writers apply this cohesive device in their writing, the que...
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| author | Ebrahimi, Seyed Foad Chan, Swee Heng Tan, Bee Hoon |
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| description | There is considerable agreement among linguists that theme acts as a cohesive device in texts. It plays a major role in message organization and in enabling it to be communicated and understood clearly. Although one issue in writing is how writers apply this cohesive device in their writing, the question of how theme manifestation is affected by the writers’ disciplinary or linguistic background has received little attention. Therefore, this paper aims to review the issue of theme in cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic studies. The reviewed studies supported the earlier claim that theme application is packed differently across different disciplines and linguistics. |
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| spelling | upm-369282015-12-04T06:22:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36928/ Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing Ebrahimi, Seyed Foad Chan, Swee Heng Tan, Bee Hoon There is considerable agreement among linguists that theme acts as a cohesive device in texts. It plays a major role in message organization and in enabling it to be communicated and understood clearly. Although one issue in writing is how writers apply this cohesive device in their writing, the question of how theme manifestation is affected by the writers’ disciplinary or linguistic background has received little attention. Therefore, this paper aims to review the issue of theme in cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic studies. The reviewed studies supported the earlier claim that theme application is packed differently across different disciplines and linguistics. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2014-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36928/1/36928.pdf Ebrahimi, Seyed Foad and Chan, Swee Heng and Tan, Bee Hoon (2014) Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 22 (3). pp. 695-707. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2022%20%283%29%20Sep.%202014/01%20Page%20695-708%20%28JSSH%200866-2013%20Review%20Article%29.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ebrahimi, Seyed Foad Chan, Swee Heng Tan, Bee Hoon Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing |
| title | Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing |
| title_full | Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing |
| title_fullStr | Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing |
| title_short | Cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing |
| title_sort | cross-disciplinary and cross-linguistic manifestation of theme in academic writing |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36928/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36928/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36928/1/36928.pdf |