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Syntactic Dislocation — Dislocazione Sintattica·Converting Standard Sentences to Left Dislocation
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Rule reminder

To form left dislocation: (1) move the topic element to the front, (2) add a comma/pause, (3) insert the correct resumptive clitic pronoun in the original position. The clitic must match the dislocated element in gender, number, and grammatical function.

Converting Standard Sentences to Left Dislocation1 / 10

Convert to left dislocation: 'Ho finito il lavoro.'

More in this section

→ Left Dislocation — Recognition→ Right Dislocation — Recognition→ Resumptive Pronoun Choice with Left Dislocation→ Left vs Right Dislocation — When to Use Which
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