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Latest revision as of 18:07, 28 June 2014
In syntax, a detachment construction is a construction in which a referential constituent occurs in a special peripheral position, generally separated by an intonation break and by commas in writing. A widely discussed subtype of detachment is dislocation.
Example
English: As for novels, Mary only likes those by Tolstoy.
Comment
In dislocation, there has to be a resumptive pronoun referring to the dislocated constituent, but this is not necessary in other detachment constructions, such as the English "as for" construction.
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French détachement
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