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... the ematic Field it is possible to distin- guish between the Inner ematic Field (ITF), i.e. the nuclear ematic Head and any possible PreHead material preceding it, and the Outer ematic Field (OTF), i.e. elements which surround and complete the meaning of the ITF, usu- ally realized by Interpersonal and Textual emes. Table 1 illustrates this thematic structure in an English clause complex. Within the Inner ematic Field our analysis focused on the ematic Head, dened as the rst nuclear experiential constituent within the main clause which is more central to the unfolding of the text by allowing the tracking of the dis- course participants ( Lavid et al. 2010). ...

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