The Textual Perspective on the Clause
Historical Linguistics and the History of English - A Systemic Function Approach - Michael Cummings
Michael Cummings [+]
York University, Toronto.
Michael Cummings is Professor emeritus and Senior Scholar in the English Department of York University, Toronto. His research interests include Systemic Functional linguistic approaches to discourse and lexico-grammar in Old English and modern English.
Description
The short historical texts help to illustrate that most of theme/rheme framework of modern English clauses and clause complexes is also operative in the other historical stages. Some elements of the systems and their realizations, such as the markedness choices, undergo an evolution through the historical stages.