%0 Journal Article
%T The Puzzles of Topic Dislocations in Polish
%A Mokrosz, Ewelina
%J Studies in Polish Linguistics
%V Volume 17 (2022)
%R 10.4467/23005920SPL.22.007.17645
%N Vol. 17, Issue 4
%P 145-176
%K topic, left dislocations, crossover effects, aboutness, resumption
%@ 1732-8160
%D 2023
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studies-in-polish-linguistics/article/the-puzzles-of-topic-dislocations-in-polish
%X In this paper we show that there are different topic dislocations in Polish, each representing a specific type of a discourse function. With a battery of diagnostic tests we analyse each dislocation and propose their classification. As it turns out, constructions implementing a contrastive topic exhibit features of both A and A’-movement, which turns out problematic for a uniform analysis. We demonstrate that the movement in them is non-quantificational. The movement targeting TopP consists of at least two steps. An object undergoes A-movement and lands in the specifier of an Aboutness Phrase. Then it moves to SpecTopP where it checks a discourse feature.