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Anaphoric epithet
SYNTAX: R-expression whose reference depends anaphorically upon some other element. EXAMPLE: the intended co-referentiality in (i) turns the bastard into an anaphoric epithet. In (ii), the epithet the idiot is interpreted as a bound variable.
(i) [John'si father] should have sent the bastardi to reform school. (ii) every boy'si father sends the idioti to school
LIT. | Lasnik, H. (1989) |