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单词 cataphora
释义

Definition of cataphora in English:

cataphora

nounkəˈtaf(ə)rəkəˈtæf(ə)rə
mass nounGrammar
  • The use of a word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g. the pronoun he in he may be approaching 37, but Jeff has no plans to retire from the sport yet).

    Compare with anaphora
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The notion of cataphora that I have adopted is a broad one, which encompasses cataphores au sens large.
    • This kind of usage, common in journalism, is perfectly acceptable, despite the fact that inter-sentential cataphora is often ignored by grammarians.
    • Cataphora is permitted in certain constructions involving subordinate clauses, although it is not in compound or paratactic ones

Derivatives

  • cataphoric

  • adjective katəˈfɒrɪkˌkædəˈfɔrɪk
    Grammar
    • Anaphoric and cataphoric ellipsis are types of textual ellipsis, where the recoverability of the full structure depends on what occurs before or after.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cohesion is partly a result of text-based cohesion markers (e.g., and, because, therefore, anaphoric and cataphoric reference, etc.).
      • The strategy for pronoun resolution thus seems to be the same for anaphoric and for cataphoric pronouns.
      • Something that looks ‘back’ for its meaning is anaphoric, while something forward-looking is cataphoric.
      • In drama, such oblique or hidden cataphoric pointers to what is yet to come are usually called dramatic irony.
  • cataphorically

  • adverb
    Grammar
    • In English, interpersonal markers and discourse markers are employed both cataphorically and anaphorically, and more-fuzzy and less fuzzy hedges are generally employed anaphorically only.

Origin

1970s: from cata- on the pattern of anaphora.

 
 

Definition of cataphora in US English:

cataphora

nounkəˈtaf(ə)rəkəˈtæf(ə)rə
Grammar
  • The use of a word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g., the pronoun he in he may be 37, but Jeff behaves like a teenager).

    Compare with anaphora
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The notion of cataphora that I have adopted is a broad one, which encompasses cataphores au sens large.
    • Cataphora is permitted in certain constructions involving subordinate clauses, although it is not in compound or paratactic ones
    • This kind of usage, common in journalism, is perfectly acceptable, despite the fact that inter-sentential cataphora is often ignored by grammarians.

Origin

1970s: from cata- on the pattern of anaphora.

 
 
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