The theme is what is being talked about, the point of departure for the clause as message
I see it as part of the development of the field. I would always emphasize how much I share with other linguists: I've never either felt particularly distinct or wanted to be distinct. I never saw myself as a theorist; I only became interested in theory, in the first place, because, in the theoretical approaches that I had access to, I didn't find certain areas developed enough to enable me to explore the questions that I was interested in.
The interpersonal function [of language] is the function to establish, maintain, and specify relations between members of societies”