Topics: Linguistics - Grammar
An antecedent is an expression that gives meaning to a proform.
For instance, in the sentence ”Dan arrived, but nobody saw him”. the antecedent Dan gives meaning to the anaphor him (a pronoun).
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Topics: Linguistics - Grammar
An antecedent is an expression that gives meaning to a proform.
For instance, in the sentence ”Dan arrived, but nobody saw him”. the antecedent Dan gives meaning to the anaphor him (a pronoun).