Left Dislocation and the Role of Topic-Comment Structure in Linguistic Theory
Jeanette Kohn Gundel · The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University) · 1975
Following Ross (1967) I use the term left dislocation (left dislocated noun phrase, left dislocated sentence) in referring to structures like those in the following set. 1(1) a.This room, it really depresses me.b .. Women, I'll never be able to figure th~m out.c.This spot in the rug, you better get it out before the pa~ty on Saturday.d.The new Kubrick movie, Bill said Marvin told him it was great, e, Your second chapter, I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.f.That ridiculous smile of his, its so phony.g. •Your co.us in Agnes, is she coming?h.Thos~ slacks I gave you for your birthday, can you still fit.• into them?