(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English
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topicalization::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | emphasis |
| Derivation | topicalize |
`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization.
Examples of topicalization
topicalization
Topicalization involves moving the test sequence to the front of the sentence.
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In many languages, changes in word order occur due to topicalization or in questions.
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Topicalization in Irish is formed by clefting, i.e. by fronting the topicalized element as the predicate of the copula, while the rest of the sentence becomes a relative clause.
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There are several criteria to distinguish between relative and complement clauses, for example passivization, topicalization, coordination and interrogation.
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It will remain to be seen how pervasive this principle is in the language, and how intricately it interacts with Tense-Aspect-Mood and Polarity marking, topicalization, focus, etc.
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- (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English; "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are ...
- (topicalize) emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"
- A type of relationship that emphasizes or shines the spotlight on a specific part of your sentence (the topic). In English, we topicalize with the periphrastic construction as for (as for me, I'd rather not). ...
- A syntactic or other device to bring an element in a sentence into prominence, particularly noticeable when that element is not the subject of the sentence.
