Search Result：topicalization
topicalization 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of noun topicalization
The 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")