Topic-Comment and Information Structure

Ìtò Àlàyé àti Àkọ́lé

About this concept

Advanced information structure: topicalization (moving elements to sentence-initial position), comment clauses, and the interplay between topic, focus, and background information in discourse.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C1.

Examples

Ìwé yẹn, mo ti kà á.That book, I have read it. (topicalized)

Adé, ó ti lọ sí ilé.As for Ade, he has gone home. (topic-comment)

Ohun tí mo mọ̀ ni pé ó dára.What I know is that it is good. (cleft)

Iṣẹ́ náà, ó ti parí.The work, it is finished. (topicalized subject)

Prerequisite

Focus and Cleft ConstructionsB2

More C1 concepts

Complex Clause StructuresÌṣọ̀kan Gbólóhùn Ìjìnlẹ̀Proverbs and Idiomatic ExpressionsÀwọn Òwe àti Ọ̀rọ̀ Àpèẹrẹ Formal and Oratorical RegisterÌrísí Ọ̀rọ̀ Àgbà àti Àṣà Grammatical Tone AlternationÌyípadà Ohùn Gírámà Praise Poetry (Oríkì)Oríkì

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