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Syntactic Dislocation — Dislocazione Sintattica·Right Dislocation — Recognition
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Rule reminder

Right dislocation places the topic element AFTER the main clause. A pronoun inside the clause anticipates it: 'Lo conosco bene, Marco.' The right-dislocated element often functions as an afterthought or clarification. It is very common in spoken Italian.

Right Dislocation — Recognition1 / 10

In spoken Italian, right dislocation often signals:

More in this section

→ Left Dislocation — Recognition→ Resumptive Pronoun Choice with Left Dislocation→ Left vs Right Dislocation — When to Use Which→ Frame Topics — Prepositional Phrases Without a Resumptive Pronoun
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