FUNCTIONAL SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE & COMMUNICATIVE DYNAMISM

Abstract

Functional Sentence Perspective and Communicative Dynamism are two significant concepts in the functional theory of modern linguistics. The theory of FSP was first developed by Velim Mathesius who gave the ‘order of ideas’ the name of FSP or theme/rheme structure and dubbed what comes first in the sentence the starting point, point of departure, theme or topic; and the idea that follows it the nucleus, rheme, comment, focus, i.e.