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cataphora

noun
/kætəˈfɔɹə/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

  1. derived from καταφορά — “a downward motion”

Definitions

  1. The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it…

    The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cataphora. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA