topicalize

Words with a similar base: topicalize

'topicalize'

[topicalize.v.01] as in: emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence

Examples:
Speakers topicalize more often than they realize
The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'

Origins

					topicalize (English)
├── -ize (English)
│   └── -isen (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── -iser (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── -izare (Latin)
│               └── -ιζειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── topical (English)

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