dislocations content length 4400 forwarded message date mon 19 jun 1995 08 10 48 0400 aaa552 agora ulaval ca subject graviton einstein aaa552 mail bb posted week ago query topic dislocation wanted know whether phenomena known name dislocation implies coreference responses posting indicated word dislocation large used refer phrase p adjoined sentence p holds coreference relationship pronoun included seems exist terminological consensus notion although dislocation covers topicalization slightly edited summary responses many thanks whose responded hope useful pierre larrivee w croft manchester ac uk bill croft think define dislocation get useful answer query particular define way coreference relation follow definition dislocation means etymology suggests involves movement element canonical position allow coreference phonologically null elements left canonical position definition dislocated element coreference relation element sentence adjoined namely null nonnull element left behind allow coreference phonologically null elements english construction called topicalization movement counterexample generalization inquiring define dislocation nonmovement fashion e element np adjoined sentential constituent japanese chinese e asian languages topic constructions counter example since topic np need argument even adjunct sentence adjoined comment mine seems topicalization somewhat different phenomena dislocation cf prosody pause topics lack general resumptive pronoun chocolate cake like w croft added prosody would interesting start definition dislocation nt presuppose coreference think resumptive pronoun part problematic since specifying form resumptive form would presuppose coreference holleb linguist umass edu bart holle moment working right dislocation mainly dutch far tell counterexamples moment reference element main clause clearly extraposition main difference dutch extract extraposed phrase whereas right dislocated one sophie kern mrash fr sophie kern actually writting thesis development narrative competence french monolingual children 3 11 years old using picture book task one domain studying reference main characters story particulierly kind linguistic devices children use maintain switch reference subject position found lot left right dislocations larry horn lhorn yalevm cis yale edu might want check old paper robert rodman topicalization ld journal called papers linguistics think 1973 talks sentences like noxious odors sheepdog farts eating escargots sentence comment topic ld phrase coreference per se obtains barrett zelig cs nyu edu leslie barrett article bowers li 1993 mainly concerns predication mentions coreference possibilities fronted vps like following criticize think john never luge latrobe edu au hussein shokouhi ronald geluykens extensively worked issue english published book 1992 title grammar discourse leftdislocated construction knud lambrescht also done something french also published book french discourse syntax 1994 surely find good number references two books