ca·taph·o·ra 
(kə-tăfər-ə)
(kə-tăfər-ə)n.
The use of a linguistic unit, such as a pronoun, to refer ahead to another unit, for example, the use of him to refer to John in the sentence Near him, John saw a snake.
[CATA- + (ANA)PHORA.]
cat′a·phoric (kăt′ə-fôrĭk) adj.