Dictionary

coreference en · NOUN

Etymology

From co- + reference.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent.
   • If we use subscript letters to indicate coreference (so that two NPs with the same subscript refer to the same entity, whereas two NPs with differ- ent subscripts refer to different entities), then we can say that (19) is ambigu- ous as between the two interpretations represented in (20) below: (20) (i) The menᵢ will shoot the arrowsⱼ at each otherⱼ (ii) The menᵢ will shoot the arrowsⱼ at each otherᵢ 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 119:

Forms

Relateds

deixis · anaphora · corefer · coreferential

Translations (2)

is samvísun (grammar: the relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent) · ca coreferència (grammar: the relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent)