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topicalize > verb, communication
MeaningEmphasize by putting have stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples"Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"
Categorylinguistics
Broaderstress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
Nounstopicalization

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