TY - JOUR T1 - Investigating the Textual Meta-Functional Themes in Ruzbihan Baqli’s Abhar al-Asheqin TT - بررسی آغازگرهای فرانقش متنی در عبهرالعاشقین روزبهان بقلی JF - mdrsjrns JO - mdrsjrns VL - 8 IS - 6 UR - http://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article-14-10412-en.html Y1 - 2018 SP - 23 EP - 54 KW - Keywords: Systemic-functional linguistics؛ Ruzbehan Baqli؛ Halliday؛ Textual meta function؛ Themes؛ Abhar al-Asheqin N2 - In Systemic-Functional linguistics, language is a system of meanings along with forms through them, meanings are recognized. In Halliday's Systemic-Functional linguistics, beside the Experiential and Interpersonal meta function, which are based on the experiences and expressing interpersonal relationships, there is another semantic component, called textual meta function, which is in complementary distribution with the basic meta functions. In this meta-function, the chains and sequences in discourse are formed and as the words go forth, the continuity of the speech flow is also organized. Language makes a communication between itself and the texture and according the context and its specific characteristics, create the text. The present study makes an attempt to analyze and consider the linguistic features of Ruzbehan Baqli in one of his books, Abhar al-Asheqin,based on the textual meta function of language to discover semantic system of the text and the manner it establishes the relationship with the readers. To this end, some parts of this book were selected to find out what kinds of themes are used by the writer to keep the text coherent and what kinds of the themes helped him adhere to the principles and rules of Persian grammar and the order of the grammatical components of sentences. Then, by determining the percentage of the themes and the frequency of them, it became clear that the percentage and the frequency of textual themes is more than interpersonal ones. It shows that coherence and harmony in Abhar al-Asheqin is high enough so that it makes the logical and semantic relation between the clauses in this book. While, the interpersonal theme shows attitude, emotion and judgment of the speaker in relation to the message. Using continuous, structural, and additional themes, play an important role in the conjunction of the words and the cohesion between the textures and the extension of the concept in the interconnected sections. Also, using experiential theme shows that the writer has focused on that specific part of the text. M3 ER -