United Under Topic Prominence

Li, Chao

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This paper argues that in addition to the double subject construction, there are a number of other constructions or phenomena that might look like disparate from each other on the surface but are in fact united under topic prominence.

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Li, Chao. "United Under Topic Prominence" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Disney Swan and Dolphin Hotels, Orlando, Florida, Nov 21, 2008 <Not Available>. 2011-06-07 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p237330_index.html>

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Abstract: This paper argues that in addition to the double subject construction, there are a number of other constructions or phenomena that might look like disparate from each other on the surface but are in fact united under topic prominence.

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United Under Topic Prominence Since Li & Thompson’s (1976) seminal work on the typology of languages along the line of topic prominence and subject prominence it has become well-known that Chinese is a topic-prominent language and English a subject-prominent language. This paper argues that in addition to the double subject construction (e.g. Na-ke shu yezi hen da ‘Speaking of that tree its leaves are big’) which figures prominently in the discussion of the topic prominence of Chinese there are

consideration the fact that the former is a topic-prominent language and the latter a subject-prominent language. In other words all the constructions considered above are united by the fact that Chinese is a topic-prominent language. Topic prominence is an important aspect of Chinese and is of significance in the teaching of the language to students whose native language is English or some other Indo-European language. This is because Chinese and Indo-European languages have a quality difference namely that the

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