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anaphor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of anaphor
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However, even when taken in context, anaphor resolution can become increasingly complex.
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The resolution of an anaphor means finding what it is referring to.
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The examples of cataphora described so far are strict cataphora, because the anaphor is an actual pronoun.
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In generative grammar, the term anaphor is used to refer to English's reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, and analogous forms in other languages.
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- A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
- (anaphoric) relating to anaphora; "anaphoric reference"
- In linguistics, anaphora is an instance of an expression referring to another.
- (Anaphoric) In rhetoric, an anaphora ("carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis. In contrast, an epistrophe (or epiphora) is repeating words at the clauses' ends. ...
- (anaphoric (clock)) a clock with a dial face like an astrolabe, showing seasonal hours.
- This is an expression (like himself) which cannot have independent reference, but which must take its reference from an appropriate antecedent (i.e. expression which it refers to) within the same phrase or sentence. ...
- (plural is anaphora) a word that refers to another word in a sentence, such as a pronoun.
