cataphora

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kætəˈfɔɹə/, /kəˈtæfɜɹə/

Noun

cataphora (plural cataphoras)

1. (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

• Catalan: catàfora f
• Greek: καταφορά (el) f (kataforá)
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• Occitan: catafòra f
• Spanish: catáfora (es) f

See also

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