English verb: topicalize | |||
1. | topicalize (communication) emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence | ||
Samples | Speakers topicalize more often than they realize. The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress | ||
Domain category | linguistics | ||