topicalization
NOUN
14 LETTERS · STARTS WITH T
topicalization is a valid 14-letter word worth 27 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1O1P3I1C3A1L1I1Z10A1T1I1O1N1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =27 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 54TRIPLE WORD → 81
MEANING
What does topicalization mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English.
“`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization”
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