Timeline for The pronoun, it is popular...why?
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| Apr 17, 2016 at 22:17 | comment | added | David Schwartz | Jim Barnett, the Golden State Warriors TV announcer frequently uses right dislocation. For example, he'll say, "He just made another three point shot, Stephan Curry did." I suspect that what's happening is that midway through the sentence, he realizes that the pronoun was potentially ambiguous and so he adds the last clause to ensure listeners know who he's talking about. The pause between the clauses is often a bit longer than a typical pause. | |
| Apr 17, 2016 at 20:17 | comment | added | Hendekagon | @SergioTulentsev yes it's probably selection bias | |
| Apr 17, 2016 at 19:41 | comment | added | bye | Well, left-dislocation is one name for it. It's more generally called a topic-comment construction, and it's the norm in more topic-prominent languages (French being one notable example). | |
| Apr 17, 2016 at 19:17 | comment | added | Sergio Tulentsev | @Hendekagon Do you have numbers to back it up? It may very well be the case of you watching more crime dramas than other genres. Selection bias, it's called. | |
| Apr 17, 2016 at 16:59 | comment | added | Hendekagon | thanks, why though is it more commonly used in US crime dramas ? | |
| Apr 17, 2016 at 16:06 | history | answered | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |