An Analysis of Circumstantial Thematization in the Text

Abstract

The writer of a text often adopts some linguistic devices contributing to producing certain textual effect in order to highlight certain organizational function of text in the process of text formation.Thematization is just one of the important linguistic devices.This paper deals with the thematization phenomenon in the James Joyce's novel Eveline and its specific purpose to the text formation from functional style aspect based on the theory of theme structure in Systemic Functional Grammar.