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What is the difference between anaphora and cataphora?

anaphora | cataphora |

Cataphora is a antonym of anaphora.

Cataphora is a coordinate term of anaphora.



As nouns the difference between anaphora and cataphora

is that anaphora is the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis while cataphora is the use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

anaphora

English

Alternative forms

* (plural of anaphora) anaphoras, anaphors * (plural of anaphor) anaphors

Noun

  • (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
  • (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
  • (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
  • English plurals
  • English plurals
  • Derived terms

    * anaphoric

    Usage notes

    * In linguistics, the terms (anaphor) and (term) are sometimes used interchangeably, although in some theories, a distinction is made between them. See .

    Hypernyms

    * (reference to something previously mentioned) endophora

    Coordinate terms

    * (reference to something previously mentioned) cataphora, exophora, homophora

    See also

    * ("anaphora" on Wikipedia) *

    cataphora

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.
  • Antonyms

    * anaphora

    Hypernyms

    * endophora

    See also

    * (wikipedia)