单词 | cataphor |
释义 | cataphor/ˈkɑtəfə / /ˈkɑtəfɔː/noun Grammar A word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g. in when they saw Ruth, the men looked slightly abashed, they is used as a cataphor for the men).The twin problems of unresolved anaphors (such as pronouns, which refer back to words earlier in the text) and cataphors (ambiguous words signaling a term that shows up later in the text) are especially thorny....
OriginLate 20th century: back-formation from cataphora. |
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