Re: really silly idea
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 26, 2003, 19:14 |
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En réponse à Estel Telcontar :
>What does cataphoric mean?
"Which refers to something yet to come". Cataphoric pronouns refer to
something which has not yet been introduced in the conversation. Anaphoric
pronouns, on the other hand, refer to something that has already been
introduced in the conversation.
In English, like I think in a majority of languages, reference pronouns are
both cataphoric and anaphoric. I don't know of any language that separate
cataphore and anaphore with different forms (at least not mandatorily), but
I wouldn't be surprised if it existed somewhere :)) .
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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