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In semantics, '''cataphoric relation''' is the coreference relation between a [[pronoun]] and [[a noun phrase]] which follows the [[pronoun]].  
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In semantics, '''cataphoric relation''' is the [[coreference]] relation between a [[pronoun]] and [[a noun phrase]] which follows the [[pronoun]].  
 
   
 
   
 
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Latest revision as of 14:06, 3 April 2008

In semantics, cataphoric relation is the coreference relation between a pronoun and a noun phrase which follows the pronoun.

Example

In Everyone who knows her loves Mary the NP Mary can corefer with the pronoun her.

See also

backward anaphora

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics