| NOUN | communication | topicalization | (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence |
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| Meaning | (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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| Example | "'Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and 'Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization" | |
| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Broader | emphasis | Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. |
| Verbs | topicalize | emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence |
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