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Syntactic Dislocation — Dislocazione Sintattica·Dislocation vs. Topicalization in Formal Written Italian
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Rule reminder

Dislocation (dislocazione) requires a resumptive clitic: 'Il libro, lo ho letto.' Topicalization (topicalizzazione) fronts an element WITHOUT a resumptive clitic and is associated with formal or literary Italian: 'Questo libro ho letto, non quell'altro.' Topicalization is used for contrast or focus in careful written Italian, whereas dislocation is colloquial.

Dislocation vs. Topicalization in Formal Written Italian1 / 10

Which sentence uses topicalization (no resumptive clitic) rather than left dislocation?

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→ Dislocation in Questions→ Dislocation for Contrast→ Register: Dislocation in Formal vs. Informal Italian→ Dislocation in Italian Dialects vs. Standard Italian
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