Definitions For Rhematic

Adjective

(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a rheme. (linguistics) Of a part of a sentence: provide, providing new information regarding the current theme. {{quote-book, en, author=Hans-Heinrich Lieb, authorlink=Hans-Heinrich Lieb, title=Integrational Linguistics, series=Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, seriesvolume=17, location=Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa., publisher={{w, John Benjamins Publishing Company}}, year=1983, volume=I (General Outline), page=364, isbn=978-90-272-3508-4, passage=Rhematic relations are, in a sense, 'intermediate syntactic meanings'. To avoid a proliferation of types of intermediate meanings I do not extend the concept of intermediate syntactic meaning to cover rhematic relations.}} {{quote-book, en, author=Gérard Genette, authorlink=Gérard Genette, author2=Jane E. Lewin, transl., title=Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation, location=Cambridge, publisher={{w, Cambridge University Press}}, year=1997, page=87, isbn=978-0-521-41350-3, passage=In addition, if imitation and recycling tend to turn thematic titles into rhematic ones as I have shown for Situations, the use of sequels and continuations cannot avoid doing so. The title Le Menteur [w:the liar (corneille), the liar: w:pierre corneille, [pierre] corneille] was perfectly thematic; in La Suite du Menteur [Sequel to The Liar: Corneille], which is rhematic (this play is the sequel ...), Le Menteur itself becomes rhematic (this play is the sequel to the play entitled ...).}} {{quote-book, en, author=Libuše Dušková, chapter=Constancy of Syntactic Function across Languages, editor=Josef Hladký, title=Language and Function: To the Memory of {{w, Jan Firbas}}, location=Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa., publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company, year=2003, page=132, isbn=978-90-272-1558-1, passage=Given that rhematic subjects are more common in Czech than in English {{...}}, the degree of syntactic constancy among rhematic subjects may be supposed to be lower than among subjects counted without respect to their FSP [{{w, functional sentence perspective}}] role. To test this assumption, I collected 50 rhematic subjects from each original of Čermáková's sources and examined their syntactic counterparts in the other language.}} {{quote-book, en, author=Iryna Alexeyeva, title=Theoretical Grammar Course of Modern English, location=Vinnytsia, Ukraine, publisher=Nova Knyha, year=2007, page=295, isbn=978-966-382-049-1, passage=The terms "theme" and "rheme" are both derived from Greek, and are parallel to each other. The term "theme" comes from the Greek root the- "to set", or "establish", and means "that which is set or established". The term "rheme" is derived from the root rhe- "to say", or "tell", and means "that which is said or told" (about that which was set or established beforehand). These terms are also convenient because adjectives are easily derived from them: "thematic" and "rhematic", respectively. The etymology of the terms presupposes that the thematic part of the sentence contains the topic, while the rhematic part conveys new information about the topic.}} (peircean, _, semiotics) Of or pertaining to a sumisign (a sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark). {{quote-book, en, author=Victorino Tejera, title=Literature, Criticism, and the Theory of Signs, series=Semiotic Crossroads, seriesvolume=7, location=Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa., publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company, year=1995, page=137, isbn=978-1-55619-341-5, passage=Rhematic Indexical Sinsign: As an object of raw experience, a burst of unplanned hollering is a rhematic indexical sinsign: it directs attention to the object which caused the presence of the sign {{...}}.}} {{quote-book, en, author=Winifried Nöth, chapter=Three Paradigms of Iconicity Research in Language and Literature, editors=Masako K. Hiraga, William J. Herlofsky, Kazuko Shinohara, and Kimi Akita, title=Iconicity: East Meets West, series=Iconicity in Language and Literature, seriesvolume=14, location=Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa., publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company, year=2015, pages=29–30, isbn=978-90-272-4350-8, passage=w:charles sanders peirce, [charles sanders] peirce argues that common and proper nouns function typically as indices, whereas verbs and adjectives are typically icons and rhemes (MS 516:39). The noun camel is a rhematic index when it is interpreted and thus connected with real-life experience. The adjective green is a rhematic icon open to many interpretations because it says nothing about any object to which this color should be attributed.}} (obsolete) Of or pertaining to word formation. (obsolete, rare) In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly. (grammar, obsolete, rare) Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb. : {{ux, en, rhematic adjectives}}

Synonyms

derived from a verb verbal

Noun

RHEMATIC. (countable and uncountable, plural RHEMATICs) (linguistics) The provision of new information regarding the current theme. (chiefly, _, linguistics, obsolete, rare) In the work of {{w, Samuel Taylor Coleridge}} (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, werh₁}} From "verbal, pertaining to verbs", from {{der, en, grc, ῥηματ-}}, ῥῆμα, t=verb (grammar), word + -ικός, t=-ic; suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’.