%0 Journal Article %T A Contrastive Analysis of Thematic Progression Patterns of English and Chinese Consecutive Interpretation Texts %A Haigang Li %J Theory and Practice in Language Studies %D 2011 %I %R 10.4304/tpls.1.6.671-675 %X As a grammatical device, Theme-Rheme structure plays an important role in organizing and analyzing discourse. Theme Progression patterns (hereinafter called TP patterns) are significant method of the analysis of textual cohesion and organization. Based on linguist DanesĄŻ theory about TP patterns, this paper tries to present a contrastive analysis of the texts of consecutive interpretation in English and Chinese from the perspective of TP patterns, then the TP patterns in it will be analyzed and concluded. %K consecutive interpretation %K discourse %K Theme-Rheme structure %K TP patterns %U http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/4908