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Anaphora

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In linguistic research and analysis, anaphora is a referential dependency relation in which the interpretation of one linguistic expression, referred to as an anaphoric expression, is determined by its relationship to another expression or discourse element, commonly called its antecedent [1]. Anaphora concerns the way linguistic units obtain reference through contextual or structural dependence rather than through autonomous interpretation [1]. In formal syntax, anaphora refers specifically to dependencies involving anaphoric elements whose interpretation is constrained by grammatical relations, including structural conditions governing their possible antecedents [2]. It is distinguished from deixis, where interpretation depends primarily on features of the speech situation, and from broader cohesion relations, which encompass additional semantic and grammatical connections beyond referential dependency [3].

anaphoric expression antecedent reference binding theory
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  1. M.A.K. Halliday; Ruqaiya Hasan. Cohesion in English; Taylor & Francis: London, United Kingdom, 2014. [CrossRef]
  2. James McCloskey; Lectures on government and binding. J. Symb. Log. 1986, 51, 238-240. [CrossRef]
  3. Adrienne Lehrer; John Lyons, Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Two volumes. Pp. 897.. Lang. Soc. 1979, 8, 270-278. [CrossRef]
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