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Fronting vs Topicalization - What's the difference?

fronting | topicalization |

In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between fronting and topicalization

is that fronting is (linguistics) an analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language while topicalization is (linguistics) the placing of the topic of a sentence at the beginning.

As nouns the difference between fronting and topicalization

is that fronting is (phonetics|phonology) a process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point while topicalization is (linguistics) the placing of the topic of a sentence at the beginning.

As a verb fronting

is .

fronting

English

Noun

  • (phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
  • (phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
  • (linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • topicalization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * topicalisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The placing of the topic of a sentence at the beginning.