topicalize — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To place the topic of a sentence at the beginning.

2. To treat (a subject) as a topic.

   Examples

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   […] during the whole media debate the alternative point of view and the perspective and rights of the minority groups themselves were hardly, if at all, topicalized.

Verb

1. emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence

   Broader terms

   stressemphasizeemphasisepunctuateaccentaccentuate

   Examples

   Speakers topicalize more often than they realize

   The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call ‘Yiddish Movement’