Anaphor

Pronunciation

• GA IPA: en, /ˈæ.nÉ™.fɔː(ɹ)/
• UK IPA: en, /ˈæ.nÉ™.fÉ™(ɹ)/

Origin

Back-formation from {{3}}.

Full definition of anaphor

Noun

1. (linguistics) 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.
• 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Thus far, we have established that each other is an NP phrase which functions as a reciprocal anaphor requiring to take its reference from some antecedent elsewhere in the sentence, and that themselves is an NP which functions as a reflexive anaphor which also requires an antecedent to take its reference from.

Antonyms

• (linguistics) logophor, cataphor

Hypernyms

• (linguistics) endophor

Related terms

• anaphora

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