topicalization#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence
def placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English
examples `Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization
Outgoing links
Hypernym emphasis
Domain of synset - TOPIC linguistics
Derivationally related form topicalization → topicalize
Incoming links
Member of this domain - TOPIC linguistics
Hyponym emphasis
Derivationally related form topicalize → topicalization

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