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2.2.6.3 The Multiple-Theme Pattern Split
In this pattern, the Theme of one clause introduces a number of different pieces of information, each of which is then picked up and made Theme in subsequent
clauses. Clauses 1
Theme 1 Rheme 1
Clause 2 Theme 2
Rheme 2
Clause 3 Theme 3
Rheme 3
Clause 4 Theme 4
Rheme 4
Figure 2.4
Multiple-Theme Pattern
2.2.7 Coherence and Cohesion in Text
In order to begin semantic analysis through grammatical patterns of Transitivity, Mood, and Theme, we have assumed that we can identify a text, and we know
when a piece of language is a text and when is not a non-text. Halliday and Hasan 1976: 2 introduced the term texture. Texture is the property that
distinguishes text from non-text: a text has texture. Texture is what holds the clauses of a text together to give them unity. One part of a text a sentence or a
turn at talk must follow another part of the text the next sentence or turn at talk. The outcome of this, based on Eggins 1994: 86, is that each part of the text
creates the context within which the next bit of the text is interpreted.
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A good text should consist of clauses which are grammatically correct, and the clauses also have to hang together. When we say the clauses do not hang
together, we are reacting to two dimensions of text: contextual properties: what we call as coherence; and its internal properties: what we call as cohesion.
According to Halliday and Hasan 1976: 23 in Eggins 1994: 87, coherence refers to the way a group of clauses or sentences relate to the context. There are
two types of coherence: situational and generic cohesion. A text has situational coherence when we can think of one situation in which all the clauses of the text
could occur, and a text has generic coherence when we can recognize the text as an example of a particular genre.
One way to organizing the coherence of a text is by applying Theme choice since the choice of Theme will determine the flow of the clause remainder
Rheme. Theme will influence the structure of the clause which makes a logical order of clauses. Thus, the ideas fit together to the context, and the readers or
listeners are able to understand what is conveyed. Cohesion, on the other hand, refers to the way we relate or tie together bits
of our discourse. Thompson 2014: 215 claims that cohesion refers to the linguistic devices by which the speaker or writer can signal the experiential and
interpersonal coherence of the text, and it is thus the textual phenomenon. There are five critical cohesive devices. They are linking words, personal pronouns,
definite articles, demonstrative pronouns, and synonyms.
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2.2.8 Qualitative Study
