coreference
or co-ref·er·ence
[ koh-ref-er-uh ns, -ref-ruh ns ]
/ koʊˈrɛf ər əns, -ˈrɛf rəns /
noun Linguistics.
a relationship between two words or phrases in which both refer to the same person or thing and one stands as a linguistic antecedent of the other, as the two pronouns in She taught herself but not in She taught her.
Nearby words
- corecipient,
- corecleisis,
- corectasia,
- corectomedialysis,
- corectopia,
- coreferential,
- coreid bug,
- corelate,
- corelation,
- corelative
Origin of coreference
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