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cataphor
noun[ C ]
language specializeduk /ˈkæt.əˌfɔːr/ us /ˈkæt̬.əˌfɔːr/
a word that refers to a word used later in a text and replaces it, for example "he" in the sentence "When he saw me, Joe smiled.": 指后照应词（内容由下文加以说明）
In the following sentence, the pronoun "she" (the cataphor) appears earlier than the noun "Kate" that it refers to. 在下面的句子中，代词“she（她）”这个指后照应词出现在它所代指的名词“Kate（凯特）”之前。
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The meaning of the cataphor is determined or specified by the later expression.
In language processing, it appears that the same mechanism serves a central regulatory function in processing anaphors, cataphors, and metaphors.
Cataphors are ambiguous words signalling a term that shows up later in the text.
Some researchers propose that cataphors trigger an active search during incremental processing.
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