Topicalization (Noun)
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; "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Money, I don't have a lot of that anymore.
- Football, he used to be passionate about the sport.
- Coffee, that's the only thing that gets her going in the morning.
- Politics, they always seem to bring people together in this town for some reason.
- Pizza, that's probably the best thing I've eaten all week.