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  A novel contrast is observed in this paper: namely, object wh-phrases without case markers can have either D(iscourse)-linked or non-D-linked interpretation, while subject wh-phrases without them have only D-linked interpretation. We propose that wh-phrases without case markers in derived positions are left-dislocated (LDed) nominals with null resumptive pro located in argument positions and that only D-linked reading is induced like wh-resumption or wh-clitic doubling constructions observed in other languages. We further show that LDed wh-phrases parallel nun-marked wh-topics in Korean. We propose that D-linking is the essential feature that correlates with topicality, which captures the commonality of the two as topics. We also indicate that the semantic difference between LDed nominals and nun-marked nominals results from the contrastive nature of -nun, and lend support to the claim that nun-marked phrases should be uniformly treated as (contrastive) topics.

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