Difference between revisions of "Anaphoric pronoun"
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Latest revision as of 13:28, 31 January 2008
Anaphoric pronoun refers to a pronoun which 'refers back' to another constituent in the sentence.
Example
If his in John loves his mother has the same referent as John, it is an anaphoric pronoun.
Comments
Pronouns which are not anaphoric pronouns are called deictic pronouns. Not to be confused with anaphor.
