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  • adverb In an anaphoric manner.

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anaphoric +‎ -ally

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Examples

  • If cherry trees had previously been mentioned then “the” is used anaphorically – the cherry trees have already been mentioned.

    A is for Articles (2) « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • That is true, but it rarely looks white in Pittsburgh we interpret ˜That is true™ as a prosentence anaphorically dependent on ˜Snow is white™.

    The Deflationary Theory of Truth Stoljar, Daniel 2007

  • On the near side, what language the speaker intends to be using, what meaning he intends to be using, whom he intends to refer to with various shared names, whether a pronoun is used demonstratively or anaphorically, and the like.

    Pragmatics Korta, Kepa 2006

  • Intuitively, the indefinite description “a donkey” in the opening sentence of [1a] serves to introduce an entity that is subsequently picked up the pronoun “it” in the second sentence, and the DRT account of indefinites and pronouns seeks to formalize this intuitive picture. [1b] shows that a very similar phenomenon occurs in the temporal domain, for in this case it is natural to construe the past tense of the second sentence as being anaphorically dependent on the content of the first: presumably, Juanita slapped Pedro right after he tried to kiss her.

    Discourse Representation Theory Geurts, Bart 2007

  • [5a], the pronoun cannot be anaphorically linked to the indefinite.

    Discourse Representation Theory Geurts, Bart 2007

  • “he” is probably (though not necessarily) “a farmer”, while “it” is anaphorically dependent on

    Discourse Representation Theory Geurts, Bart 2007

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