Definition
Anaphora is coreference of one expression with its antecedent. The antecedent provides the information necessary for the expression’s interpretation.
This is often understood as an expression “referring” back to the antecedent.
Discussion
The term anaphora is also sometimes used to include both anaphora, as defined here, and cataphora. When it is used that way, it becomes synonymous with endophora.
Examples
(English)
In the following sequence, the relationship of the pronoun he to the noun phrase a well-dressed man is an example of anaphora:
Kinds
More specific concepts within anaphora.
Sources 5
- Crystal 1980, 25–26
- Lyons 1977b, 659
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 13
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 13
- Mish 1991, 83