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Thematic Analysis and Text Type

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2011, 36(), pp.182-202
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

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ABSTRACT

At many times topic and main idea are extensively called ‘juje주제’ Topic, which is the subject questioned by the text producer, starts the text narration and it can be presented in a noun phrase. The main idea identifies what the producer thinks of the topic and wants to say. Since thoughts are not objectified and are expressed actively, they are not presented as a noun phrase but expressed as propositions. This main idea, which includes the narrator’s intention is like that of van Dijk’s macrostructure and is similar to demonstrative text’s these. Topic is the subject of question but the main idea can be regarded more as a solution. We happen to encompass both as ‘juje’. These two different ‘juje’ can be emphasized differently according to the type of the text. Informative texts like descriptive text have structure with several specific items listed and although these texts are the new information forming new contents, since it is hard to intensively express in one thesis, when the whole text is embraced, it seems like the attentions go to the topic itself, which is the starting point of the argument. Extensive rheme are not noticed well as the ‘juje’ because ‘juje’ have characteristics as ‘best summary.’ While the rheme of descriptive or explanatory texts usually expand, the rheme of demonstrative texts often converge into a single argument through other basis or supporting materials. Intensive rhemes itself can be identified as a ‘juje’. Therefore, although the rheme is read the most important in a text, in case of descriptive text or informative text, themes have to be the subject because of the epitomical characteristic.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.