Universal #379
Legacy number: 379
| Number | 378 |
| Original | Every language has syntactic topic constructions in which an expression which refers to the topic of the sentence is adjoined to the left of a full sentence comment. |
| Standardized | Every language has syntactic topic constructions in which an expression which refers to the topic of the sentence is adjoined to the left of a full sentence comment. |
| Keywords | topic, order, comment, theme, new information |
| Domain | syntax, pragmatics |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | a sample of 30 languages, see Gundel 1988: 210 |
| Source | Gundel 1988: 231 |
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