[Lingtyp] Term for “non-pronominal anaphora"

Juergen Bohnemeyer jb77 at buffalo.edu
Fri May 21 14:05:55 UTC 2021


Dear Ian — This would fall under ’nominal’ anaphora, I believe. Same as in the following example:

(1) Sally stopped in her tracks. The woman had forgotten where she was headed. 

I believe I’ve also come across the term ‘lexical’ anaphora. — HTH — Juergen

> On May 21, 2021, at 2:00 AM, JOO, Ian [Student] <ian.joo at connect.polyu.hk> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> is there a term for “non-pronominal anaphora”, i. e. using personal names or titles for anaphoric reference?
> Example:
> Hyeng-kwa hyeng-uy chinkwu
> older.brother-COM older.brother-GEN friend
> `Older brother and his (lit. older brother’s) friend’ (Korean)
> I tried to search it in Google, but since I don’t know what this phenomenon is called, I don’t know what to search for.
> I would appreciate your help.
> 
> Regards,
> ian
> 
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