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===Exceptions===
===Exceptions===
Sentences that are typically ''not'' topic prominent include:
Sentences that are typically ''not'' topic prominent include:
*Focused sentences: when a noun is specific and its existence or relevance is new information (e.g. is focused), it is not topicalized. Such a noun will commonly, but not necessarily, be indefinite in English.
*Weather: ''Dy tøøh ñwi.'' = It's raining.
*Weather: ''Dy tøøh ñwi.'' = It's raining.
*In general, when a noun is specific and its existence or relevance is new information (e.g. is focused), it is not topicalized. Such a noun will commonly, but not necessarily, be indefinite in English.


==Noun phrase==
==Noun phrase==
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