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| + | <center>For ''<u>Topical Studies</u>'' in the [[Nordan Corpora]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Topics '''''follow this link'''''].</center> | ||
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==Noun== | ==Noun== | ||
| − | 1. a subject of conversation or discussion: to provide a topic for discussion. | + | 1. a subject of [[dialogue|conversation]] or discussion: to provide a topic for discussion. |
| − | 2. the subject or theme of a discourse or of one of its parts. | + | 2. the subject or theme of a [[discourse]] or of one of its parts. |
3. Rhetoric, Logic. a general field of considerations from which arguments can be drawn. | 3. Rhetoric, Logic. a general field of considerations from which arguments can be drawn. | ||
| − | 4. Also called theme. Linguistics. the part of a sentence that announces the item about which the rest of the sentence communicates information, often signaled by initial position in the sentence or by a grammatical marker. | + | 4. Also called theme. [[Linguistics]]. the part of a sentence that announces the item about which the rest of the sentence communicates [[information]], often signaled by initial position in the sentence or by a grammatical marker. |
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
1560–70; < L topica (pl.) < Gk (tà) topiká name of work by Aristotle (lit., (things) pertaining to commonplaces), equiv. to tóp(os) commonplace + -ika, neut. pl. of -ikos -ic; see topo- | 1560–70; < L topica (pl.) < Gk (tà) topiká name of work by Aristotle (lit., (things) pertaining to commonplaces), equiv. to tóp(os) commonplace + -ika, neut. pl. of -ikos -ic; see topo- | ||
Latest revision as of 22:51, 12 December 2020
Pronunciation
top-ik
Noun
1. a subject of conversation or discussion: to provide a topic for discussion.
2. the subject or theme of a discourse or of one of its parts.
3. Rhetoric, Logic. a general field of considerations from which arguments can be drawn.
4. Also called theme. Linguistics. the part of a sentence that announces the item about which the rest of the sentence communicates information, often signaled by initial position in the sentence or by a grammatical marker.
Origin
1560–70; < L topica (pl.) < Gk (tà) topiká name of work by Aristotle (lit., (things) pertaining to commonplaces), equiv. to tóp(os) commonplace + -ika, neut. pl. of -ikos -ic; see topo-
Synonyms
2. thesis, subject matter. See subject.
