topicalization

Noun topicalization has 1 sense

• topicalization(n = noun.communication) - (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"
is a kind of emphasis
Derived form verb topicalize₁