Noun: cataphor
| Singular | cataphor |
| Plural | cataphors; cataphora |
Sample Sentences
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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. [1990, Golumbic, Martin Charles, Advances in artificial intelligence : natural language and knowledge-based systems:]
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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. [2001, Text representation : linguistic and psycholinguistic aspects:]
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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. [2015, Anaphora Resolution and Text Retrieval - A Linguistic Analysis of Hypertexts:]
Nouns inflected like cataphor
peraeopod,
pleopod,
autonomous okrug,
cadaver,
trehantiri,
cataphor,
bhaji,
okrug,
tuath,
penni,
phasm,
starr,
anaphor,
pseudepigraph,
souflaki,
souvlaki,
endoplasm,
menologem,
atrament,
exopod, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin cataphora (“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a bringing down, a lethargic attack”).