THEMATIC PROGRESSION IN STUDENTS’ DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

Automatic Analysis Of Descriptive Texts

This paper d e s c r i b e s a sys t em t h a t a t t e m p t s to i n t e r p r e t d e s c r i p t i v e t e x t s w i t h o u t the uJe of complex grammars. The pu rpose of the sys t em i s to t r a n s f o r m the d e s c r i p t i o n s to a s t a n d a r d form which may be used as the b a s i s of a d a t a b a s e s y s tem knowledgeable i n the s u b j e c t m a t t e r of the teXt. Th...

Conceptual Indexing Using Thematic Representation of Texts

We present the thesaurus-based indexing technology developed by the Center for Information Research under the Information System RUSSIA project. The technology is based on using basic properties of coherent text. Initially the technology was applied for automatic processing of Russian official (government) texts. Currently the instrument is adapted to process English texts for TREC-6 routing task.

A Contrastive Analysis of Thematic Progression Patterns of English and Chinese Consecutive Interpretation Texts

As a grammatical device, Theme-Rheme structure plays an important role in organizing and analyzing discourse. Theme Progression patterns (hereinafter called TP patterns) are significant method of the analysis of textual cohesion and organization. Based on linguist Danes’ theory about TP patterns, this paper tries to present a contrastive analysis of the texts of consecutive interpretation in En...

A Comparison of Thematic Choices and Thematic Progression Patterns in the Research Articles of Well-established and Emerging Disciplines

Several studies have employed the theme-rheme construct to examine the generic profile of research articles (RAs). However, they have mostly focused on the subject matter and nature of disciplines, and other disciplinary characteristics as contextual factors which can impact the genre realization have not been considered in the discourse analysis research. This work, therefore, inve...

Theme and Thematic Patterns in Spanish and English History Texts