~~HIDEPAGE:search~~ = The Even Yearbook 6 (2004) == #55 ''volume:'' [[:2004|6 (2004)]] \\ ''pages:'' 60–73 \\ ''author:'' [[:Miklós Gáspár]] \\ ''title:'' Topic universality in OT inputs \\ ''abstract:'' The paper attempts to harmonize the treatment of topic/comment and subject/predicate languages within Optimality Theoretical syntax by arguing that topics, like subjects, are compulsory elements of the OT input. Whether a topic is actually present in the grammatical sentence is up to the grammar to decide. An analysis is provided for topic phenomena in languages with very different topic behaviour: German, Hungarian, English and Japanese. \\ ''PDF:'' [[this>_media/04ga.pdf|   full text]] \\ ''raw text:'' [[04ga-raw]] \\ ''refs:'' ++ ⟨BibTeX⟩ | \\ ''@article{even04ga, \\   author  = {Miklós Gáspár}, \\   title   = {Topic universality in {OT} inputs}, \\   year    = 2004, \\   journal = {The Even Yearbook}, \\   volume  = 6, \\   pages   = {60--73}, \\   url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/04ga} \\ }''\\ ++ ++ ⟨RIS⟩ | \\ ''TY  - JOUR \\ AU  - Gáspár,Miklós \\ PY  - 2004/​/​/ \\ TI  - Topic universality in OT inputs \\ T2  - The Even Yearbook \\ VL  - 6 \\ SP  - 60 \\ EP  - 73 \\ UR  - http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/04ga \\ ER  -''\\ ++ ++ ⟨txt⟩ | \\ '' Gáspár, Miklós. 2004. Topic universality in OT inputs. The Even Yearbook 6: 60–73. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/04ga'' ++