Date of Award
2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
Abstract
This thesis examines thematization and patterns of thematic progression (TP) in French, Arabic, and English lead news articles. Similarities between French, Arabic, and English themic lead news stories at the clausal and textual levels suggest that there may be a fundamental principle underlying how the mind organizes language. The results may be applied to the creation of translation software that is faithful to source texts at the sentential and global levels or used in teaching in a second language classroom.
Recommended Citation
Burlaga, Christine Marie, "A contrastive approach to the thematic analysis of text and genre: An examination of lead news articles in Le Monde, Al-Ittihad, and The New York Times" (2004). Theses Digitization Project. 2578.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2578
