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Speakers can place a topic before a clause or name a referent after it, linking that detached expression to a pronoun inside the clause. Understanding **dislocation** helps you interpret topic management, clarification and stance without mistaking every apparent repetition for an error.\n\n## 1. A detached expression and a complete clause\n\nIn a typical dislocation construction, a noun phrase stands outside the core clause, while a pronoun inside the clause refers to the same person or thing. Unlike ordinary subject–verb–object order, this arrangement separates the presentation of a referent from the statement made about it.\n\n| Pattern | Example | Organisation |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Ordinary clause | Your new neighbour seems friendly. | The noun phrase is the subject. |\n| Left dislocation | **Your new neighbour**, **she** seems friendly. | The noun phrase introduces the topic; the pronoun is the subject. |\n| Right dislocation | **She** seems friendly, **your new neighbour**. | The pronoun is the subject; the following noun phrase identifies its referent. |\n\nThe pronoun is often called **resumptive** because it represents the detached expression within the clause. In right dislocation, the pronoun comes first, so it anticipates rather than literally resumes that expression. Terminology varies across grammatical descriptions.\n\n:::note\nDislocation is not simply a long subject followed by a pause. In **Your new neighbour seems friendly**, the noun phrase itself is the subject. In **Your new neighbour, she seems friendly**, **she** fills that role inside the clause.\n:::\n\n## 2. Left dislocation: establish the topic first\n\nLeft dislocation gives the listener a referent to organise the following message around. It is useful when introducing, reactivating or shifting to a topic, particularly when the noun phrase is long or needs explanation.\n\n:::example\n**Reactivating a topic:**\n\nThat restaurant we went to after the concert, **it** has closed down.\n\n**Moving to a contrasting topic:**\n\nThe first proposal was straightforward. **The second one**, I still have doubts about **it**.\n\n**Introducing a complex referent:**\n\nThe woman who organised the whole event, I never got a chance to thank **her**.\n:::\n\nThe resumptive pronoun need not be a subject. Its form depends on its role **inside the clause**:\n\n- **Subject:** That old printer, **it** still works.\n- **Direct object:** Your brother, I saw **him** yesterday.\n- **Prepositional complement:** That decision, nobody has explained the reasons for **it**.\n- **Possessive:** My youngest sister, **her** children all live abroad.\n\nThe possessive example links the topic to something associated with it: the clause is about the sister’s children, not directly about the sister herself.\n\n## 3. Right dislocation: identify the referent afterwards\n\nRight dislocation places a naming expression after a clause containing a pronoun. It often occurs when the referent is already accessible from the conversation or situation. The final expression can reinforce identification, maintain a shared topic or accompany an evaluation.\n\n:::example\n**Two colleagues are discussing their new manager:**\n\n**She** knows how to get things done, **our new manager**.\n\n**Two friends are looking at some old photographs:**\n\nI love **them**, **these old photographs**.\n\n**A speaker is commenting on a recent journey:**\n\n**It** was exhausting, **that journey**.\n:::\n\nThese are not necessarily corrections or failures of planning. A speaker may deliberately present the assessment first and attach the familiar referent afterwards. Depending on context and delivery, the effect can be affectionate, admiring, irritated or matter-of-fact; the construction itself does not encode one particular attitude.\n\n## 4. Intonation, punctuation and afterthoughts\n\nDislocated expressions often form a separate intonation unit, but there need not be a conspicuous silence. A left-dislocated topic may have a continuing contour that signals more is coming. A right-dislocated tail is often less prominent than the preceding comment.\n\nWritten dialogue commonly uses a comma or dash to suggest this organisation. **Punctuation alone does not establish the construction**: reference, syntax and delivery also matter.\n\nCompare a smooth tail with a more independent clarification:\n\n:::example\n**Smooth right-dislocated tail:**\n\nShe was brilliant, **your sister**.\n\n**Explicit clarification after a possible misunderstanding:**\n\nShe was brilliant — **I mean your sister, not your cousin**.\n:::\n\nThe first keeps the same referent throughout. The second explicitly clarifies which referent the speaker intends. An isolated written sentence such as *She was brilliant — your sister* could support different spoken deliveries, so the boundary between a dislocated tail and an afterthought is not always recoverable from text.\n\n## 5. Dislocation, fronting and loosely linked topics\n\nIn **fronting**, a clause element is placed first without a corresponding pronoun occupying its original position. In **left dislocation**, the clause contains a pronoun linked to the detached topic.\n\n| Construction | Example | Key distinction |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Object fronting | **That book**, I would never recommend. | No object follows *recommend*. |\n| Left dislocation | **That book**, I would never recommend **it**. | **It** is the object of *recommend*. |\n| Loosely linked topic | **That hotel**, the breakfast was excellent. | The relationship is inferred; there is no pronoun referring to the hotel. |\n\nBoth of the first two patterns can support contrast. Do not assume that fronting always means contrast or that dislocation never does.\n\nThe third pattern is often discussed under **hanging topics** or broader topic–comment constructions. Some accounts also use *hanging topic* for certain resumptive patterns. The useful distinction here is whether the clause contains an explicit expression referring back to the topic, or whether the connection relies entirely on inference.\n\n## 6. Register, case and the limits of resumption\n\nDislocation is widespread in conversation and in writing that represents speech. Its frequency and preferred forms vary across speakers and varieties of English. It is not inherently illogical or careless, but neutral academic and administrative prose usually favours a more integrated clause.\n\n- **Conversational:** This application, we cannot approve it yet.\n- **Neutral formal prose:** We cannot approve this application yet.\n\nDetached pronouns also show register-sensitive case patterns. **Me, I would wait** is a familiar conversational pattern: **me** is the detached topic, while **I** is the clause subject. **As for me, I would wait** makes the topic relationship more explicit. Do not treat detached **me** as though it were directly the subject of *would wait*.\n\n:::warning\nConversational dislocation does not license a resumptive pronoun everywhere.\n\n**Left dislocation:** That woman, I met **her** yesterday.\n\n**Standard relative clause:** That is the woman **who I met yesterday**.\n\n**Not the standard edited pattern:** That is the woman **who I met her yesterday**.\n\nResumptive pronouns do occur inside relative clauses in some varieties and in spontaneous speech, especially when the structure becomes difficult to process. Their acceptability is variable; they are not interchangeable with ordinary dislocation in standard edited English.\n:::\n\n## 7. A practical interpretation checklist\n\nWhen you encounter an apparently repeated noun phrase and pronoun:\n\n1. **Locate the core clause.** Which expression actually functions as its subject, object or other complement?\n2. **Check the reference.** Do the pronoun and detached expression identify the same referent?\n3. **Identify the discourse purpose.** Is the speaker establishing a topic, reinforcing identification or making a separate clarification?\n4. **Listen to the delivery.** Intonation and prominence may reveal distinctions that punctuation leaves unclear.\n5. **Match the register.** Preserve natural dislocation in conversation; consider an integrated clause for neutral formal writing.\n\nThe central distinction is **topic before comment** in left dislocation and **comment before a naming tail** in right dislocation. The pronoun maintains the grammatical structure of the clause while the detached expression helps organise the conversation.",[770],{"id":771,"name":772,"level":744,"language":9,"isCompleted":773,"completionPercentage":774,"totalExercises":66,"completedExercises":774},"01a0e1ab-d512-726d-810b-bcabc0d5d24d","Packaging information in advanced sentences",false,0,"2026-09-27T07:02:10+00:00","2026-10-14T10:40:29+00:00",[],{"name":772,"slug":779,"language":9},"packaging-information-in-advanced-sentences-c2",[],{"id":771,"name":772,"slug":779,"language":9,"level":744,"introduction":782,"lessonCount":21,"totalExercises":66,"objectives":783,"prerequisites":787,"lessons":789},"Advanced speakers and writers do not only choose clauses; they decide how information hangs together around the main clause. 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Use the stated register and distinguish detached topics from roles inside the clause.","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_c3623a45-b7fb-417c-8d54-ed41bd1f7a29_hero.webp?v=1790492530",{"@id":843,"@type":838,"id":827,"grammarPage":839,"title":828,"instructions":844,"displayOrder":11,"type":797,"questionCount":76,"blankCount":76,"isCompleted":773,"ogImageUrl":845},"\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_exercises\u002F01a0e1ab-d894-75a7-b5bf-65d291813645","Choose the analysis that fits each stated conversational context. Do not infer an attitude or a spoken delivery from punctuation alone.","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_c536b41d-80e9-4b0c-b336-8d188a6b7dbf_hero.webp?v=1790492530",{"@id":847,"@type":838,"id":830,"grammarPage":839,"title":831,"instructions":848,"displayOrder":16,"type":805,"questionCount":66,"blankCount":66,"isCompleted":773,"ogImageUrl":849},"\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_exercises\u002F01a0e1ab-d8ac-7521-b47f-c7a23dcf0303","Arrange the tiles to build each conversational sentence. Keep the punctuation attached and leave out the extra word.","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_90953dae-53e6-49d3-89e4-3de5d8423c76_hero.webp?v=1790492530",{"@id":851,"@type":838,"id":833,"grammarPage":839,"title":834,"instructions":848,"displayOrder":21,"type":805,"questionCount":66,"blankCount":66,"isCompleted":773,"ogImageUrl":852},"\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_exercises\u002F01a0e1ab-d8c1-7c1c-a879-7b27cc2a778f","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_008b0851-864d-4660-a212-8a5640377982_hero.webp?v=1790492530",{"id":824,"grammarPage":839,"title":825,"instructions":840,"seoTitle":854,"seoDescription":855,"displayOrder":774,"type":797,"questions":856,"ogImageUrl":841},"Dislocation: Pronoun Forms and Clause Roles","Practise dislocation and resumptive pronouns through gap-fill questions about workplace conversations, clause roles, detached topics and formal editing.",[857],{"id":858,"sentenceTemplate":859,"displayOrder":774,"explanation":860,"exampleSentence":861,"blanks":862},"01a0e1ab-d873-70c5-91e9-48c54c14dfc2","In conversation: Those two trainees, __1__ have already finished the safety course.","The detached topic names the trainees, but the core clause still needs its subject: they. Them is an object form; their cannot stand alone as this subject.","The replacement batteries, they should arrive on Friday.",[863],{"id":864,"blankNumber":11,"options":865},"01a0e1ab-d873-706d-91e9-48c54b9baeeb",[866,869,873],{"id":867,"optionText":868,"isCorrect":773,"displayOrder":774},"01a0e1ab-d872-7f6c-8ff5-bbc4219f809d","them",{"id":870,"optionText":871,"isCorrect":872,"displayOrder":11},"01a0e1ab-d873-7015-91e9-48c549f65603","they",true,{"id":874,"optionText":875,"isCorrect":773,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-d873-7045-91e9-48c54a9daf0c","their",{"html":877,"toc":878},"\u003Cp>Spoken English does not always introduce information in a single, tightly integrated clause. Speakers can place a topic before a clause or name a referent after it, linking that detached expression to a pronoun inside the clause. Understanding \u003Cstrong>dislocation\u003C\u002Fstrong> helps you interpret topic management, clarification and stance without mistaking every apparent repetition for an error.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"a-detached-expression-and-a-complete-clause\">\u003Cspan class=\"section-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1.\u003C\u002Fspan>A detached expression and a complete clause\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>In a typical dislocation construction, a noun phrase stands outside the core clause, while a pronoun inside the clause refers to the same person or thing. Unlike ordinary subject–verb–object order, this arrangement separates the presentation of a referent from the statement made about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth>Pattern\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Example\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Organisation\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Fthead>\n\u003Ctbody>\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Ordinary clause\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Your new neighbour seems friendly.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>The noun phrase is the subject.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Left dislocation\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Your new neighbour\u003C\u002Fstrong>, \u003Cstrong>she\u003C\u002Fstrong> seems friendly.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>The noun phrase introduces the topic; the pronoun is the subject.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Right dislocation\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>She\u003C\u002Fstrong> seems friendly, \u003Cstrong>your new neighbour\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>The pronoun is the subject; the following noun phrase identifies its referent.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp>The pronoun is often called \u003Cstrong>resumptive\u003C\u002Fstrong> because it represents the detached expression within the clause. In right dislocation, the pronoun comes first, so it anticipates rather than literally resumes that expression. Terminology varies across grammatical descriptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"grammar-callout grammar-callout--note\">\u003Cp>Dislocation is not simply a long subject followed by a pause. In \u003Cstrong>Your new neighbour seems friendly\u003C\u002Fstrong>, the noun phrase itself is the subject. In \u003Cstrong>Your new neighbour, she seems friendly\u003C\u002Fstrong>, \u003Cstrong>she\u003C\u002Fstrong> fills that role inside the clause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"left-dislocation-establish-the-topic-first\">\u003Cspan class=\"section-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2.\u003C\u002Fspan>Left dislocation: establish the topic first\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Left dislocation gives the listener a referent to organise the following message around. It is useful when introducing, reactivating or shifting to a topic, particularly when the noun phrase is long or needs explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"grammar-callout grammar-callout--example\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Reactivating a topic:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That restaurant we went to after the concert, \u003Cstrong>it\u003C\u002Fstrong> has closed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Moving to a contrasting topic:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first proposal was straightforward. \u003Cstrong>The second one\u003C\u002Fstrong>, I still have doubts about \u003Cstrong>it\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Introducing a complex referent:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman who organised the whole event, I never got a chance to thank \u003Cstrong>her\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>The resumptive pronoun need not be a subject. Its form depends on its role \u003Cstrong>inside the clause\u003C\u002Fstrong>:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Subject:\u003C\u002Fstrong> That old printer, \u003Cstrong>it\u003C\u002Fstrong> still works.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Direct object:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Your brother, I saw \u003Cstrong>him\u003C\u002Fstrong> yesterday.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Prepositional complement:\u003C\u002Fstrong> That decision, nobody has explained the reasons for \u003Cstrong>it\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Possessive:\u003C\u002Fstrong> My youngest sister, \u003Cstrong>her\u003C\u002Fstrong> children all live abroad.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>The possessive example links the topic to something associated with it: the clause is about the sister’s children, not directly about the sister herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"right-dislocation-identify-the-referent-afterwards\">\u003Cspan class=\"section-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">3.\u003C\u002Fspan>Right dislocation: identify the referent afterwards\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Right dislocation places a naming expression after a clause containing a pronoun. It often occurs when the referent is already accessible from the conversation or situation. The final expression can reinforce identification, maintain a shared topic or accompany an evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"grammar-callout grammar-callout--example\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Two colleagues are discussing their new manager:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>She\u003C\u002Fstrong> knows how to get things done, \u003Cstrong>our new manager\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Two friends are looking at some old photographs:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I love \u003Cstrong>them\u003C\u002Fstrong>, \u003Cstrong>these old photographs\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A speaker is commenting on a recent journey:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>It\u003C\u002Fstrong> was exhausting, \u003Cstrong>that journey\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>These are not necessarily corrections or failures of planning. A speaker may deliberately present the assessment first and attach the familiar referent afterwards. Depending on context and delivery, the effect can be affectionate, admiring, irritated or matter-of-fact; the construction itself does not encode one particular attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"intonation-punctuation-and-afterthoughts\">\u003Cspan class=\"section-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">4.\u003C\u002Fspan>Intonation, punctuation and afterthoughts\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Dislocated expressions often form a separate intonation unit, but there need not be a conspicuous silence. A left-dislocated topic may have a continuing contour that signals more is coming. A right-dislocated tail is often less prominent than the preceding comment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Written dialogue commonly uses a comma or dash to suggest this organisation. \u003Cstrong>Punctuation alone does not establish the construction\u003C\u002Fstrong>: reference, syntax and delivery also matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compare a smooth tail with a more independent clarification:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"grammar-callout grammar-callout--example\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Smooth right-dislocated tail:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was brilliant, \u003Cstrong>your sister\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Explicit clarification after a possible misunderstanding:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was brilliant — \u003Cstrong>I mean your sister, not your cousin\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>The first keeps the same referent throughout. The second explicitly clarifies which referent the speaker intends. An isolated written sentence such as \u003Cem>She was brilliant — your sister\u003C\u002Fem> could support different spoken deliveries, so the boundary between a dislocated tail and an afterthought is not always recoverable from text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"dislocation-fronting-and-loosely-linked-topics\">\u003Cspan class=\"section-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">5.\u003C\u002Fspan>Dislocation, fronting and loosely linked topics\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>fronting\u003C\u002Fstrong>, a clause element is placed first without a corresponding pronoun occupying its original position. In \u003Cstrong>left dislocation\u003C\u002Fstrong>, the clause contains a pronoun linked to the detached topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth>Construction\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Example\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Key distinction\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Fthead>\n\u003Ctbody>\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Object fronting\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>That book\u003C\u002Fstrong>, I would never recommend.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>No object follows \u003Cem>recommend\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Left dislocation\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>That book\u003C\u002Fstrong>, I would never recommend \u003Cstrong>it\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>It\u003C\u002Fstrong> is the object of \u003Cem>recommend\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Loosely linked topic\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>That hotel\u003C\u002Fstrong>, the breakfast was excellent.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>The relationship is inferred; there is no pronoun referring to the hotel.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp>Both of the first two patterns can support contrast. Do not assume that fronting always means contrast or that dislocation never does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third pattern is often discussed under \u003Cstrong>hanging topics\u003C\u002Fstrong> or broader topic–comment constructions. Some accounts also use \u003Cem>hanging topic\u003C\u002Fem> for certain resumptive patterns. The useful distinction here is whether the clause contains an explicit expression referring back to the topic, or whether the connection relies entirely on inference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"register-case-and-the-limits-of-resumption\">\u003Cspan class=\"section-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">6.\u003C\u002Fspan>Register, case and the limits of resumption\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Dislocation is widespread in conversation and in writing that represents speech. Its frequency and preferred forms vary across speakers and varieties of English. It is not inherently illogical or careless, but neutral academic and administrative prose usually favours a more integrated clause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Conversational:\u003C\u002Fstrong> This application, we cannot approve it yet.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Neutral formal prose:\u003C\u002Fstrong> We cannot approve this application yet.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Detached pronouns also show register-sensitive case patterns. \u003Cstrong>Me, I would wait\u003C\u002Fstrong> is a familiar conversational pattern: \u003Cstrong>me\u003C\u002Fstrong> is the detached topic, while \u003Cstrong>I\u003C\u002Fstrong> is the clause subject. \u003Cstrong>As for me, I would wait\u003C\u002Fstrong> makes the topic relationship more explicit. Do not treat detached \u003Cstrong>me\u003C\u002Fstrong> as though it were directly the subject of \u003Cem>would wait\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"grammar-callout grammar-callout--warning\">\u003Cp>Conversational dislocation does not license a resumptive pronoun everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Left dislocation:\u003C\u002Fstrong> That woman, I met \u003Cstrong>her\u003C\u002Fstrong> yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Standard relative clause:\u003C\u002Fstrong> That is the woman \u003Cstrong>who I met yesterday\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Not the standard edited pattern:\u003C\u002Fstrong> That is the woman \u003Cstrong>who I met her yesterday\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resumptive pronouns do occur inside relative clauses in some varieties and in spontaneous speech, especially when the structure becomes difficult to process. Their acceptability is variable; they are not interchangeable with ordinary dislocation in standard edited English.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"a-practical-interpretation-checklist\">\u003Cspan class=\"section-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">7.\u003C\u002Fspan>A practical interpretation checklist\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>When you encounter an apparently repeated noun phrase and pronoun:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Locate the core clause.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Which expression actually functions as its subject, object or other complement?\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Check the reference.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Do the pronoun and detached expression identify the same referent?\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Identify the discourse purpose.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Is the speaker establishing a topic, reinforcing identification or making a separate clarification?\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Listen to the delivery.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Intonation and prominence may reveal distinctions that punctuation leaves unclear.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Match the register.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Preserve natural dislocation in conversation; consider an integrated clause for neutral formal writing.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Cp>The central distinction is \u003Cstrong>topic before comment\u003C\u002Fstrong> in left dislocation and \u003Cstrong>comment before a naming tail\u003C\u002Fstrong> in right dislocation. 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