topicalization

Noun
  1. (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence;
    Placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English (synset 106495968)
    "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization"

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