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'''Topic-comment-distinction''' is the division of a sentence into the thing that is talked about (''the [[topic]]'') and what is said about it (''the [[comment]]''). In simple sentences this distinction coincides with the distinction between [[subject]] and [[predicate]], but the topic-comment-distinction can also be expressed by [[topicalization]], [[left-dislocation]] and [[cleft]]-constructions, or by prosodic means. Some authors identify this distinction with the distinction between focus and presupposition or theme and rheme. | '''Topic-comment-distinction''' is the division of a sentence into the thing that is talked about (''the [[topic]]'') and what is said about it (''the [[comment]]''). In simple sentences this distinction coincides with the distinction between [[subject]] and [[predicate]], but the topic-comment-distinction can also be expressed by [[topicalization]], [[left-dislocation]] and [[cleft]]-constructions, or by prosodic means. Some authors identify this distinction with the distinction between focus and presupposition or theme and rheme. | ||
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| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Topic-comment-distinction&lemmacode=179 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
| − | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Topic-comment-distinction&lemmacode=179 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
* Jackendoff, R. 1972. ''Semantic interpretation in generative grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | * Jackendoff, R. 1972. ''Semantic interpretation in generative grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:12, 29 August 2014
Definition
Topic-comment-distinction is the division of a sentence into the thing that is talked about (the topic) and what is said about it (the comment). In simple sentences this distinction coincides with the distinction between subject and predicate, but the topic-comment-distinction can also be expressed by topicalization, left-dislocation and cleft-constructions, or by prosodic means. Some authors identify this distinction with the distinction between focus and presupposition or theme and rheme.
Links
References
- Jackendoff, R. 1972. Semantic interpretation in generative grammar, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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