Structure sémantico-syntaxique de la phrase & structure thématique du texte : Quelle articulation ?

After recalling the principal characteristics of the Functional Sentence Perspective formulated by Mathesius and the Prague Linguistic Circle, this paper aims to propose a new approach to the informational structure of the message, which is based on referential semantics and functional syntax. The theme is defined as a salient element, which means a center of a set of relationships involving intra- or inter-sentence connections. It underlines the interaction between sentence and text