different between anaphora vs reiteration

English

Alternative forms

• (plural of anaphora) anaphoras, anaphors
• (plural of anaphor) anaphors

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (anaphorá, “a carrying back”), from ??? (aná, “up”) + ???? (phér?, “I carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn??f???/, /?n?æf???/

Noun

anaphora (countable and uncountable, plural anaphoras or anaphors or anaphora)

1. (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.

   Antonyms: epiphora, epistrophe

2. (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
3. (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.

   Hypernym: endophora

   Coordinate terms: cataphora, exophora, homophora

4. (Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ

Derived terms

• anaphoric

Usage notes

• In linguistics, the terms anaphor and anaphora are sometimes used interchangeably, although in some theories, a distinction is made between them. See the Wikipedia article.

Translations

See also

• deixis

Noun

anaphora

1. plural of anaphor

Further reading

• anaphora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anaphora (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

re- +? iteration

Noun

reiteration (countable and uncountable, plural reiterations)

1. The act of reiterating.
2. Something reiterated or restated.

Synonyms

• (act of reiterating): See Thesaurus:repetition
• (something reiterated): recurrence, repetition; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

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