漢語裡的前置賓語通常被誤分析為與"連…都" 結構相似，是句子的焦點。我們在本文中舉出足夠的證據來說明前置賓語是句內話題。我們提出前置賓語不是附接在VP上，而是佔據主語之下、VP 之上的功能投射的指定語的位置上。正如句外話題一樣，句內話題可以有兩種派生方法：移動或者原地滋生。和句外話題（可以包含條件句和因果複句）不一樣的是，句內話題的位置上不能包含句子或者多項話題。

　　　　　This paper provides substantial evidence for analysing the preposed object as an internal topic. The dominant misconception of the preposed object as an instance of focalization, mainly due to a false parallel with the lian...ye/dou 'even' construction, is invalidated, both on syntactic and semantic grounds. The preposed object is shown not to be adjoined to vP, but to occupy the specifier position of a functional projection FP below the subject and above vP. Like the external topic in the sentence-initial position, the internal topic can be derived in either of two ways, by movement or by base-generation. In contrast to the external topic position (where, e.g., conditional and causal clauses are base-generated), no clauses are admitted in the internal topic position. Likewise, multiple topics are only possible in the external topic position and excluded from the internal topic position.