anaphor

English

Etymology

Back-formation from anaphora.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.fɔː(ɹ)/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.fə(ɹ)/

Noun

anaphor (plural anaphors or anaphora)

1. (linguistics) An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 117:

     Thus far, we have established that each other is an NP [noun phrase] which functions as a reciprocal anaphor requiring to take its reference from some antecedent elsewhere in the sentence, and that themselves is an NP which functions as a reflexive anaphor which also requires an antecedent to take its reference from.

Antonyms

• (linguistics): logophor, cataphor

Hypernyms

• (linguistics): endophor

Related terms

• anaphora

Translations

expression referring to other

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: anafoor f, anafora f
• Finnish: anafora

See also

• deixis

Anagrams

• pharaon