Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Spelling conventions and examples xi
4. List of abbreviations xiii
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2. English and German clause structure 7
7. Chapter 3. Systemic Functional Linguistics 21
8. Chapter 4. Theme 32
9. Chapter 5. Basic concepts in translation studies 75
10. Chapter 6. Methodology 80
11. Chapter 7. Theme in German 97
12. Chapter 8. Theme in English 130
13. Chapter 9. Theme differences between English and German 156
14. Chapter 10. Theme in English-German translations 179
15. Chapter 11. Summary and conclusion 242
16. References 257
17. Appendix 271
18. Index 297