cataphoric
adjective language specialized uk/ˌkæt.əˈfɒr.ɪk/ us/ˌkæt̬.əˈfɔːr.ɪk/
使用指后照应词的
referring to or replacing a word or phrase that is used later in a text
With cataphoric reference, you may need to read forward to understand. 因为使用了指后照应词，你可能需要继续向后阅读才能理解。
anaphoric and cataphoric pronouns 前指和后指代词
Compare: anaphoricexophoric
- More examples
- The "they" can be said to form a cataphoric link with the references to "the soldiers" and "the officer" later in the narrative.
- They had no problems in explaining away any unusual cataphoric references as the "it" in the sentence is simply a dummy subject.
- I will first elaborate on the anaphoric and cataphoric contexts and the dependent pronoun variants in the next section.
- In the sentence "If you want some, here's the cheese," the "some" is cataphoric.