| Lemma | topic-of the sentence | 
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N | 
| Lingua | inglese | 
| Sigla | Chomsky (1969) | 
| Titolo | Aspects of the theory of syntax | 
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| Citazioni | Thus we might define the Topic-of the sentence as the leftmost NP immediately dominated by S in the surface structure [...] One might refine it in various ways, for example, by defining the Topic-of the Sentence as the leftmost NP that is immediately dominated by S in the surface structure and that is, furthermore, a major category.  |