Topic
Definition:
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A topic is a noun phrase that expresses what a sentence is about, and to which the rest of the sentence is related as a comment. |
Examples:
(English, Japanese, Tagalog)
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Initial position in word order, as in the following:
That new Mazda, I’d like to test-drive it.
- In Japanese or Tagalog, the marking of a noun phrase
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.