http://glottopedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sentence_topic_vs._discourse_topic 2026-04-29T17:07:35Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.34.2 http://glottopedia.org/index.php?title=Sentence_topic_vs._discourse_topic&diff=15692&oldid=prev 2014-06-28T18:20:34Z

<p>Marked as {{ref}}</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:20, 28 June 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8" >Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the example, the discourse topic is established in the first sentence: it is ''Mike's house''. In the following sentence, a new &quot;local&quot; topic is established on the sentence level: ''he'' (Mike). But the discourse topic is still Mike's house, which is why the last comment does not seem out of place.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the example, the discourse topic is established in the first sentence: it is ''Mike's house''. In the following sentence, a new &quot;local&quot; topic is established on the sentence level: ''he'' (Mike). But the discourse topic is still Mike's house, which is why the last comment does not seem out of place.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{dc}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{dc<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}{{ref</ins>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Information structure]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Information structure]]</div></td></tr> </table>

NBlöcher http://glottopedia.org/index.php?title=Sentence_topic_vs._discourse_topic&diff=9980&oldid=prev 2009-07-05T14:11:06Z

<p>in part copied from the article &quot;Topic&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A distinction is often made made between the '''sentence topic''', i.e. what a sentence is about, and a '''discourse topic''', i.e. what a discourse is about. <br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> Suppose we are talking about Mike's house:<br /> <br /> :''Mike's house was so comfortable and warm! He really didn't want to leave, but he couldn't afford the rent, you know. And it had such a nice garden in the back!''<br /> <br /> In the example, the discourse topic is established in the first sentence: it is ''Mike's house''. In the following sentence, a new &quot;local&quot; topic is established on the sentence level: ''he'' (Mike). But the discourse topic is still Mike's house, which is why the last comment does not seem out of place.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Information structure]]</div>

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