Establishing topic in conversation: A contrastive study of left-dislocation in English and Spanish
Abstract
The syntactic construction referred in the literature as “left-dislocation” has received wide attention within the different linguistic theories. French grammars (Bally 1932) were the first to describe the construction and to coin the term, which was soon adopted by the generative model (Ross 1967). Since then, both formal and functional linguists have filled pages with their perspective on the matter, focusing, respectively and very grossly, on the syntactic properties of the construction and on its discourse pragmatic functions.
Downloads
Article download
Crossmark
License
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.
