What does cataphor mean?
Cataphor means (medicine) Semicoma..
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/ˈkatəfə/ · noun
(medicine) Semicoma..
Yet, all psycholinguistic studies, syntax processing, logic based grammars, poetry parsing and even formal parser construction, indicate that resolving anaphor is much easier than cataphor; we therefore collect an additional code point for any cataphor.
It was hypothesized that the cataphor this would signal that a concept is likely to be mentioned again in the following story and that therefore the this-cataphor results in a higher activation.
Here, the cataphor she refers to Susan. It is quite common to use the term “antecedent” also for an expression to which a cataphor refers.
Use cataphor when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cataphor means (medicine) Semicoma..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yet, all psycholinguistic studies, syntax processing, logic based grammars, poetry parsing and even formal parser construction, indicate that resolving anaphor is much easier than cataphor; we therefore collect an additional code point for any cataphor.
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