Universal #381

Legacy number: 381

 Number  380
 Original  Every language has “double-subject”* constructions.
 Standardized  Every language has “double-subject”* constructions.
 Keywords  topic, comment
 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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Discussion
Notes
Double-subject constructions: A topic can be adjoined to a full sentence comment which lacks a co-referring expression. For example in English:My work, I’m going crazy.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Double-subject constructions: A topic can be adjoined to a full sentence comment which lacks a co-referring expression. For example in English:
My work, I'm going crazy.