Topic chaining

Topic chaining is a kind of thematic progression in which the topic of a sentence is identical to the topic of the previous sentence.

Example
''My sister is an architect. She likes old houses.''

Reference

 * Erteschik-Shir, Nomi. 1988. Topic-chaining and dominance-chaining. In: Tobin, Yishai (ed.) The Prague School and its legacy. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 145-153.