| Name | Topicalization Construction | |
|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | Continuing / ending an activated TOPIC. | |
| Usage conditions | Rising intonation at the first slot. | |
| Slots | 1 | 2 |
| Semantic role of slots | TOPIC | |
| Syntactic form | NPAdjPAdvP | REST-CLAUSE |
| Example | There were three rifles in there, two I passed away, and the other one I kept.MOVIEMiscLittleDieterNeedstoFly1997 And happy I am to think, sir, that I had some small hand in saving young Master Hawkins …MOVIEUS/CATreasureIsland1950 Old MacDonald had a farm Ee I ee I oh And on his farm he had a penguin... MOVIEUS/CAMother'sDay2016 | |