The language of insults: A look at Theme, Rheme and negative inferences

Published Online: Dec 30, 2022

Page range: 1 - 21

Received: May 30, 2022

Accepted: Oct 17, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2022-0008

Keywords

insults, Theme, Rheme, inference, inference-boundary model, systemic-functional linguistics

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