cataphora
English
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- He's going to get into a fight, John is. |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kætəˈfɔɹə/, /kəˈtæfɜɹə/
Noun
cataphora (plural cataphoras)
- (linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.
Antonyms
- anaphora
Hypernyms
- endophora
Translations
referring to a noun that appears later
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See also
cataphora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia