anaphora
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀναφορά (anaphorá, “a carrying back”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).
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Noun[edit]
anaphora (plural anaphoras or anaphors or anaphora)
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“Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!” - Shakespeare |
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That's John's car. He [referring to "John"] won't want to see you sitting on it [referring to the car]. |
- (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
- [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 73:
- Anaphora elegantly begins
With the same word or phrase successive lines.]
- Antonyms: epiphora, epistrophe
- (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
- (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
- (Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
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Usage notes[edit]
- In linguistics, the terms anaphor and anaphora are sometimes used interchangeably, although in some theories, a distinction is made between them. See the Wikipedia article.
Translations[edit]
repetition of a phrase used for emphasis
linguistics: expression that refers to another expression
See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
anaphora
Further reading[edit]
anaphora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Anaphora (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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