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An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
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The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
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An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
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An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
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The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
Examples of anaphora in a Sentence
We use the type system and our treatment of generalized quantifiers in natural language to construct a type-theoretic approach to pronominal anaphora and ellipsis.
Having seen how Neale's theory handles discourse anaphora and donkey anaphora, we turn to difficulties with the account.
Topics covered include anaphora and verbal anaphora, discourse influences and thematic roles, and the processing of causality information.
The recent interest in anaphora is largely an interest in finding a semantic theory for problematic anaphora.
To begin with, let's look at how simple discourse anaphora is handled on GSDL.
There is, however, a further complication in Neale's theory that is invoked in the explanation of donkey anaphora.
The activity of his life left him little time for writing, but he was the author of " an anaphora, sundry letters, a creed or confession of faith, preserved in Arabic and a secondary Ethiopic translation, and a homily for the Feast of the Annunciation, also extant only in an Arabic translation" (Wright).