Anaphor vs Anaphoric - What's the difference?
anaphor | anaphoric |
(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.
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As a noun anaphor
is (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.As an adjective anaphoric is
of, or relating to, an anaphora.anaphor
English
(wikipedia anaphor)Noun
(en-noun)- Thus far, we have established that each other'' is an NP which functions as a
reciprocal anaphor''' requiring to take its reference from some antecedent else-
where in the sentence, and that ''themselves'' is an NP which functions as a re-
flexive ' anaphor which also requires an antecedent to take its reference from.
