Universal 377: topic marker ⇒ high topic prominence

Universal 377: topic marker ⇒ high topic prominence

Original

If a language has topic markers, then it will be highly topic prominent (in the sense of Li & Thompson 1976).

Standardized

IF there are specialized topic markers, THEN there will be high topic prominence (in the sense of Li & Thompson 1976).

Keywords

topic

Domain

syntax, pragmatics

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

a sample of 30 languages, see Gundel 1988: 210

Source

Gundel 1988: 231

Counterexamples