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1 Introduction 1.1 Some general remarks about Topicalization 1.2 Different categorial types of Split Topicalization 1.3 Interesting problems 2 Syntactic properties of Split-NP Topicalization 2.1 A-bar-characteristics 2.2 Movement paradoxes 2.3 Different kinds of split 3 Syntactic analyses of Split-NP Topicalization 3.1 Subphrasal extraction analyses 3.2 Extraction of a verbal complex from VP 3.3 Phrasal extraction analyses 3.4 Summary 4 Syntactic properties of Split-VP Topicalization 4.1 A-bar-properties and movement paradoxes 4.2 The gap is governed by a restructuring verb 4.3 The division of arguments among TOP and REM 4.4 An asymmetry between Topicalization and Scrambling 5 Syntactic analyses of Split-VP Topicalization 5.1 The RM analysis 5.2 Extraction of a VP shell 6 Different landing sites for Split Topicalization 6.1 Split Scrambling 6.2 Split Contrastive Left Dislocation 6.3 Split Topicalization and Split Scrambling 7 Work on related phenomena in other languages 7.1 Split-NP preposing in Modern Greek 7.2 Split-NP and split-PP preposing in Slavic languages 7.3 Split topics ‘Chinese-style’ 7.4 Miscellanea 8 Conclusion: outlook Over the past decades, Split Topicalization (ST) has attracted an increasing amount of attention. And sometimes, this construction, which used to be considered only a marginal phenomenon, even figured in important theoretical ... log in or subscribe to read full text