Anaphora vs. Cataphora

Anaphoranoun

(rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.

Anaphoranoun

(linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.

Anaphoranoun

(linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.

Anaphoranoun

(Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ

Anaphoranoun

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

Anaphoranoun

the use of a substitute word, such as a pronoun, in reference to a something already mentioned in a discourse; also, the relation between the substitute word and its antecedent. It is contrasted with cataphora, the use of a pronoun for a word or topic not yet mentioned.

Anaphoranoun

using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word

Anaphoranoun

repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses

Cataphoranoun

The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

Cataphora

In linguistics, cataphora (; from Greek, καταφορά, kataphora, from κατά, kata, and φέρω, pherō, ) is the use of an expression or word that co-refers with a later, more specific, expression in the discourse. The preceding expression, whose meaning is determined or specified by the later expression, may be called a cataphor.