topicalize (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *topicalize*:
VERB	communication	topicalize	emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence

English > *topicalize*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Speakers topicalize more often than they realize" "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call 'Yiddish Movement'"
Category	linguistics	The scientific study of language
Broader	stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate	To stress, single out as important
Nouns	topicalization	(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence

HyperDic: topicalize