1. clause complex Theme:
Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 374):
… the qualifying clause can be placed either before or after the ‘head’ clause … The choice is determined by textual considerations.
if the duke gives anything to my aunt
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it'll be that teapot
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x b
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a
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Theme
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Rheme
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enhancing beta clause Theme:
if the duke
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gives anything to my aunt
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Theme
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Rheme
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alpha clause Theme:
it
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'll be that teapot
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Theme
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Rheme
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2. embedded clause as Theme:
what the duke gave my aunt
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was that teapot
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Theme
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Rheme
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