anaphor

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a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent

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Some writers use the term anaphor only for retrospective anaphors and use the term cataphor for anticipatory anaphors. Source: Internet

The more usual case, where the pronoun follows the antecedent, it is called a retrospective anaphor. Source: Internet

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