linguistics, the topic, or theme, of a sentence is what is being talked about, and the comment (rheme or focus) is what is being said about the topic. This division...

A topic-prominent language is a language that organizes its syntax to emphasize the topic–comment structure of the sentence. The term is best known in...

immediate context of the utterance, and topic is "the entity that a speaker identifies, about which then information, the comment, is given". Additional notions...

publish comments Comment (linguistics) or rheme, that which is said about the topic (theme) of a sentence Bernard Comment (born 1960), Swiss writer and publisher...

dichotomy of topic and comment. In English traditional grammar types, three types of object are acknowledged: direct objects, indirect objects, and objects...

of no comment, stating that one of the goals of working with the press is to resolve issues before they become hot topics. Offering no comment allows...

interlocutor. The topic–comment model distinguishes between the topic (theme) and what is being said about that topic (the comment, rheme, or focus)....

Secondary predicate Term logic Topic–comment Traditional grammar Verb See for instance College Dictionary (1993, p. 1077) and Merriam Webster (2004, p. 566)...

semantic concept distinct from the subject of a sentence as well as from the topic. While the subject is determined syntactically, primarily through word order...

forms to post unsolicited advertisements as comments on forums, blogs, wikis and online guestbooks. Related topics include: Forum spam, posts on Internet forums...

Mandarin (and Cantonese) verbs as a whole behave the same way. Later, Li et al. (1981) introduced middle voice sentences as examples of topic/comment constructions...

programming topic, such as before a symbol declaration or at the top of a file. An inline comment is a comment that is located on the same line as and to the...

subforums, each of which may have several topics. Within a forum's topic, each new discussion started is called a thread and can be replied to by as many people...

comment (or new information). This contrasts with Standard English, which is subject-prominent and thus the semantic relationship between topic and comment...

state Article (grammar) Topic–comment Specificity Lambrecht, Knud (1996). Information structure and sentence form : topic, focus, and the mental representations...

existential verbs iru and aru are used instead (with the possessed as the verb's subject and the possessor as the sentence's topic: uchi wa imōto ga iru...

description Markedness Moscow linguistic circle OPOJAZ Russian formalism Topic and comment Czech: Pražský lingvistický kroužek, Russian: Пражский лингвистический...

Ken's comments are usually benign, with his comments displaying a comical lack of understanding of the featured topic, while other commenters take him...

particular situations where the VS and OV word orders appear. Topic-and-comment constructions are often used. Neither a topic, nor the subject nor objects are...

example, a topic is introduced, in this case "I", with the topic particle wa (は). The animate noun is again marked with a subject particle, and no location...

Firbas and others elaborated the concept of theme–rheme relations (topic and comment) to study pragmatic concepts such as sentence focus, and givenness...

not considered to be the grammatical subject, but can be described as the topic of the sentence. While these definitions apply to simple English sentences...

conversation), followed by a comment (or new information). Compared to Standard English, the semantic relationship between topic and comment is not important; moreover...

objects in some structures, word order distinguishes given and new information, topic and comment affixes do not indicate case of noun phrases verb affixes...

that the syntax is heavily influenced by topic and comment identification. The syntactic role of the clitic se and its forms in Spanish has undergone much...

discourse. Language 69, 274–307. Gundel, Jeanette K. (1988). The role of topic and comment in linguistic theory. New York. ISBN 0-8240-5185-8. OCLC 18221964...

particular comment. It is designed to increase openness of discussion. The rule is a system for holding debates and discussion panels on controversial topics, named...

(request for comments memoranda). A Request for Comments (RFC) is a publication in a series from the principal technical development and standards-setting...

with particles marking the grammatical function of words, and sentence structure is topic–comment. Sentence-final particles are used to add emotional or...

"fair comment" is seen as a protection for robust, even outrageous published or spoken opinions about public officials and public figures. Fair comment is...