anaphor
noun /ˈænəfə(r)/, /ˈænəfɔː(r)/
/ˈænəfər/, /ˈænəfɔːr/
(grammar- a word or phrase that refers back to an earlier word or phrase. For example, in the phrase ‘My mother said she was leaving’, ‘she’ is used as an anaphor for ‘my mother’.
Topics Languagec2照应语,回指语(返指上文中的词或词组) 词源1970s: back-formation from anaphora.