Textual contrastive analysis

particular kind of Theme, the 
‘topical Theme’ […]; and it tends 
to be used as a cover term for 
two concepts that are 
functionally distinct, one being 
that of Theme and the other 
being that of Given […]. It seems 
preferable to retain the earlier 
terminology of Theme-Rheme.’ 
(Halliday and Matthiessen 2004, 
p. 65) 
d. How is information structure different from syntactic structure (p. 155)? 
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2221ENGL1415 Contrastive Linguistics (Eng-Vie) – Ms Hoa Ninh 
e. Briefly define subject-prominent language and topic-prominent language? Which type is English or 
Vietnamese classified as? 
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7. Different Languages Preferring Different Cohesive Devices: Can you relate any of the examples in section 
6.3.3 to your own observations of the differences between English and Vietnamese?
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IV. The Contrastive Analysis of Textual Coherence 
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