Definition of cataphor in English:

cataphor

nounˈkɑtəfɔːˈkɑtəfə-ˌfôr

Grammar

A word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g. in when they saw Ruth, the men looked slightly abashed, they is used as a cataphor for the men).
Example sentencesExamples
- A common solution appears to be simply to delete the dangling references from the summary, or, failing that, to pick up the preceding or subsequent sentence from the source text and hope that the anaphor or cataphor is resolved.
- We focus on linguistic signals of discourse coherence, such as connectives (because, although) and referential expressions (anaphors, cataphors).
- The word ‘them’ is a cataphor - a reference to a word that occurs later in the sentence.
- Here, we examine the processing of cataphors to resolve this issue.
- The twin problems of unresolved anaphors (such as pronouns, which refer back to words earlier in the text) and cataphors (ambiguous words signaling a term that shows up later in the text) are especially thorny.

Origin

1980s: back-formation from cataphora.

Definition of cataphor in US English:

cataphor

noun-ˌfôr

Grammar

A word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g., in when they saw Ruth, the men looked slightly abashed, the word they is used as a cataphor for the men).
Example sentencesExamples
- We focus on linguistic signals of discourse coherence, such as connectives (because, although) and referential expressions (anaphors, cataphors).
- Here, we examine the processing of cataphors to resolve this issue.
- The twin problems of unresolved anaphors (such as pronouns, which refer back to words earlier in the text) and cataphors (ambiguous words signaling a term that shows up later in the text) are especially thorny.
- A common solution appears to be simply to delete the dangling references from the summary, or, failing that, to pick up the preceding or subsequent sentence from the source text and hope that the anaphor or cataphor is resolved.
- The word ‘them’ is a cataphor - a reference to a word that occurs later in the sentence.

Origin

1980s: back-formation from cataphora.

单词	cataphor
释义	Definition of cataphor in English: cataphor nounˈkɑtəfɔːˈkɑtəfə-ˌfôr Grammar A word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g. in when they saw Ruth, the men looked slightly abashed, they is used as a cataphor for the men). Example sentencesExamples A common solution appears to be simply to delete the dangling references from the summary, or, failing that, to pick up the preceding or subsequent sentence from the source text and hope that the anaphor or cataphor is resolved. We focus on linguistic signals of discourse coherence, such as connectives (because, although) and referential expressions (anaphors, cataphors). The word ‘them’ is a cataphor - a reference to a word that occurs later in the sentence. Here, we examine the processing of cataphors to resolve this issue. The twin problems of unresolved anaphors (such as pronouns, which refer back to words earlier in the text) and cataphors (ambiguous words signaling a term that shows up later in the text) are especially thorny. Origin 1980s: back-formation from cataphora. Definition of cataphor in US English: cataphor noun-ˌfôr Grammar A word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g., in when they saw Ruth, the men looked slightly abashed, the word they is used as a cataphor for the men). Example sentencesExamples We focus on linguistic signals of discourse coherence, such as connectives (because, although) and referential expressions (anaphors, cataphors). Here, we examine the processing of cataphors to resolve this issue. The twin problems of unresolved anaphors (such as pronouns, which refer back to words earlier in the text) and cataphors (ambiguous words signaling a term that shows up later in the text) are especially thorny. A common solution appears to be simply to delete the dangling references from the summary, or, failing that, to pick up the preceding or subsequent sentence from the source text and hope that the anaphor or cataphor is resolved. The word ‘them’ is a cataphor - a reference to a word that occurs later in the sentence. Origin 1980s: back-formation from cataphora.
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