The Analysis of Formulaic Sequences in English Editorials from the Perspective of Theme Theory

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10.2991/icemss.2013.52How to use a DOI?

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English editorials, formulaic sequences, theme theory

Abstract

The value of formulaic sequences can never be over-estimated in second language acquisition. The present paper aims to analyze the distribution of different types of formulaic sequences in 30 randomly chosen English editorials from three modern English newspapers. The tool of the theme theory of Halliday is employed to reveal the distribution of these formulaic sequences in the theme/rheme of a sentence in English editorials. Among different categories, phrasal constraints dominate, followed by polywords and sentence builders. Formulaic sequences are of more value in theme than in rheme in English editorials in the writing and understanding of English editorials.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Huifeng Li
AU  - Yuanyuan Liu
PY  - 2013/08
DA  - 2013/08
TI  - The Analysis of Formulaic Sequences in English Editorials from the Perspective of Theme Theory
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Education, Management and Social Science (ICEMSS-13)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 192
EP  - 195
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icemss.2013.52
DO  - 10.2991/icemss.2013.52
ID  - Li2013/08
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