On this page you'll find 2 example sentences with Anaphor. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as word and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Anaphor meaning
An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
Synonyms of Anaphor
Using Anaphor
- The main meaning on this page is: An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
- Useful related words include: word.
Context around Anaphor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anaphor
- In this selection, "anaphor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term and retrospective stand out and add context to how "anaphor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a retrospective anaphor and the term anaphor only for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anaphor" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anaphor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The more usual case, where the pronoun follows the antecedent, it is called a retrospective anaphor. (16 words)
Some writers use the term anaphor only for retrospective anaphors and use the term cataphor for anticipatory anaphors. (18 words)
Some writers use the term anaphor only for retrospective anaphors and use the term cataphor for anticipatory anaphors. (18 words)
The more usual case, where the pronoun follows the antecedent, it is called a retrospective anaphor. (16 words)
Example sentences (2)
Some writers use the term anaphor only for retrospective anaphors and use the term cataphor for anticipatory anaphors.
The more usual case, where the pronoun follows the antecedent, it is called a retrospective anaphor.