Mark P. Line wrote:
> Arthaey Angosii said:
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>>Emaelivpeith Racsko Tamas:
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>>>- You may or may not omit "I-ERG": it depends on the actual
>>>language defaults. This unfilled slot may be filled in ny default
>>>both with the subject of the main clause and with "someone" or
>>>"previously mentioned one".
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>>Is there a technical term for the "previously mentioned one" in
>>linguistics? My conlang Asha'ille uses "previously mentioned" data a
>>lot, and it'd be nice to be able to properly describe what it's doing.
>> :)
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> Google for 'anaphora'. That's when you're invoking a referent that was
> introduced earlier in the text (or discourse, if you prefer).
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> There's a related term, 'cataphora', for when you're invoking a referent
> that will be introduced later in the text (or discourse).
And the umbrella term for both is "endophora".