fronting前置

fronting 前置定义：Fronting means the placement of a normally non-initial element at the head of a sentence so as to give prominence and lend emphasis.种类：two types of fronting：1.fronting without inversion An adverbial in front positionThey passed each other without a glance. An object or object/subject，complement in front position without inversion） I love dogs but I cant stand cats. Dogs I love, but cats I cant stand.目的：1. for textual cohesion:Mr. White fried two pieces of fish. One of these he fed to his cat. The other he ate himself.2. to acquire a contrastive meaning and to ensure balance in sentence structureJoan he gave nothing, but George he gave 10 shillings.Fool Joe may be, but thief he is not.2.fronting with inversion.