Universal #1417

Legacy number: 1417

 Number  1413
 Original  All languages have constructions whose function is to place focus at the beginning of the sentence and old, already established topics at the end.
 Standardized  All languages have constructions whose function is to place focus at the beginning of the sentence and old, already established topics at the end.
 Keywords  topic, comment, order, focus
 Domain  syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  a sample of 30 languages, see Gundel 1988: 210
 Source  Gundel 1988: 231

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Notes
Cf. ##382, 1416, 1418.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=382"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1416"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1418"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.