🔤 Cataphora

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URDU

آگے کی طرف اشارہ کرنا
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
aage ki taraf ishara karna
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ENGLISH

📚noun
cataphora
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /kætəˈfɔːrə/
Phonetic: cat-a-for-a
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DEFINITION

A linguistic term where a word or phrase refers to a later part of the sentence or discourse.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The use of cataphora is common in complex sentences. In the sentence, "Before he arrived, John was already tired," "he" is a cataphora.
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SYNONYMS

forward reference anticipatory reference linguistic device pronominal reference linguistic term

ANTONYMS

anaphora retroactive reference backward reference past reference
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