In this paper the issue of the topic sentence is analyzed from the viewpoints of the rhetoric, the cultural thought patterns and the functional sentence perspective.

本文从英语修辞，英民族的文化思维模式以及英语系统功能语法观的角度分析了英语主题句。

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We argue that there is not only a shift from the formal approach to the semantic, functional approach, but also a shift of perspective, i. e. from the perspective of sentence to that of discourse.

回指研究历史不仅是从形式研究往功能、意义研究的转换史，而且是从句内回指往篇章回指的转换史。

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