anaphorically
adverb
languagespecializeduk/ˌæn.əˈfɒr.ɪk.li/us/ˌæn.əˈfɔːr .ɪk.li/in a way that refers to orreplacesa word usedearlierin atext:
"They" isnormallyused anaphorically; that is to say, it usually refers to somethingearlierin thediscourse.
Compare
cataphorically
- The third-personpronounsare anaphoricallylinkedtotheirantecedents.
- In many of theseexamplesfromFrench, the word "ça" is used both anaphorically and cataphorically.
- Thequantifiersarelinkedto thephrasesthey anaphorically refer to.
- Pronouns can be used anaphorically and demonstratives can be used in a non-demonstrative way.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- etymologically
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist