ˈrhematize, v. Linguistics.
[f. rhematic a. + -ize.]
trans. To advance (a non-verbal term) to the status of a separate rheme. Hence rhematiˈzation; ˈrhematizing ppl. a.
| 1959 J. Firbas in Brno Studies in English I. 43 Rhematic elements..communicatively strengthen basically thematic positions if they occur in them; they..‘dynamize’ them, rendering them transitional or ‘rhematizing’ them. Ibid. 51 Sentences that contain special rhematizing means of FSP [Functional Sentence Perspective]. 1969 K. H. Wagner Generative Gram. Studies Old Eng. Lang. i. 49 The rheme is placed immediately before the verb just in case there is a non-verbal constituent which can undergo rhematization. Ibid. 50 Generally speaking only previously mentioned constituents can be thematized, and only non-mentioned ones can be rhematized. |