Definitions for anaphor
anaphor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anaphornoun

   a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent

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1. anaphornoun

   An expression refering to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

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1. anaphor

   In linguistics, anaphora () is the use of an expression whose interpretation depends upon another expression in context (its antecedent or postcedent). In a narrower sense, anaphora is the use of an expression that depends specifically upon an antecedent expression and thus is contrasted with cataphora, which is the use of an expression that depends upon a postcedent expression. The anaphoric (referring) term is called an anaphor. For example, in the sentence Sally arrived, but nobody saw her, the pronoun her is an anaphor, referring back to the antecedent Sally. In the sentence Before her arrival, nobody saw Sally, the pronoun her refers forward to the postcedent Sally, so her is now a cataphor (and an anaphor in the broader, but not the narrower, sense). Usually, an anaphoric expression is a pro-form or some other kind of deictic (contextually dependent) expression. Both anaphora and cataphora are species of endophora, referring to something mentioned elsewhere in a dialog or text. Anaphora is an important concept for different reasons and on different levels: first, anaphora indicates how discourse is constructed and maintained; second, anaphora binds different syntactical elements together at the level of the sentence; third, anaphora presents a challenge to natural language processing in computational linguistics, since the identification of the reference can be difficult; and fourth, anaphora partially reveals how language is understood and processed, which is relevant to fields of linguistics interested in cognitive psychology.

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1. anaphor

   An anaphor is a word or phrase that refers back to another word or phrase earlier in a text or conversation. It is used to avoid repetition and ensure coherence in discourse. For example, in the sentence "Sarah went to the park because she wanted to play," the word "she" is an anaphor, referring back to "Sarah". In linguistic, an anaphor is often used for the purpose of cohesion within a text.

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How to pronounce anaphor?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say anaphor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of anaphor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of anaphor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anaphor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Anaphor
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphor
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