anaphora

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English[edit]

WOTD – 27 February 2006

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀναφορά (anaphorá, “a carrying back”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ænəˈfɔɹə/, /ənˈæfəɹə/
    • Audio (UK)(file)

Noun[edit]

anaphora (countable and uncountable, plural anaphoras or anaphors or anaphora)

Examples (rhetoric)
  • “Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!”
    Shakespeare, King John (II i.)
Examples (expression referring to a preceding expression)
  • That's John's car. He [referring to "John"] won't want to see you sitting on it [referring to the car].
  • John had a drink. So did [referring to "had a drink"] Mark.
  • John had been feeling rather dehydrated. Mark was even more so [referring to "dehydrated"].
  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
    They didn't speak. They didn't stand. They didn't even look up when I came in.
    • [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
  2. (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
  3. (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
    Hypernym: endophora
    Coordinate terms: cataphora, exophora, homophora
  4. (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.

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Noun[edit]

anaphora

  1. plural of anaphor

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