Ling.
the organization of a sentence in terms of the role of its elements in distinguishing between old and new information, esp. the division of a sentence into theme and rheme.
Ling.
the organization of a sentence in terms of the role of its elements in distinguishing between old and new information, esp. the division of a sentence into theme and rheme.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012