Topics [PRAGMATICS 4.2] are placed at the beginning of the sentence in LSC, as illustrated in the example below.
top
onion, ix1 hate.
‘Onions, I hate.’
(based on Pfau & Quer, 2010: 9)
In this example, the basic word order SOV is changed: the direct object is placed at the beginning of the sentence, giving rise to an OSV order. Moreover, the topicalized element receives a specific non-manual marking [PRAGMATICS 4.3.2].