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Syntactic Dislocation — Dislocazione Sintattica·Dislocation in Spoken Italian Dialogue
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Rule reminder

In spoken Italian, both left and right dislocation are extremely common. Left dislocation frames the topic at the start; right dislocation appends it as clarification. Both create a more natural, conversational flow than standard SVO order.

Dislocation in Spoken Italian Dialogue1 / 10

A: 'Hai visto la partita ieri sera?' B: '___, me la sono persa.' What fits the gap naturally?

More in this section

→ Left Dislocation — Recognition→ Right Dislocation — Recognition→ Resumptive Pronoun Choice with Left Dislocation→ Left vs Right Dislocation — When to Use Which
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