topicalization

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Noun topicalization has 1 sense

topicalization - (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"
--₁ is a kind of emphasis

Derived form: verb topicalize₁

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