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coreference

Definitions

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  • noun grammar The relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent

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  • noun the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent

Etymologies

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co- +‎ reference

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Examples

  • Many adults do not have clear intuitions about "backwards coreference" between sentences like Bill saw 'im after John ran around and Bill saw' im in John's yard.

    The Chomsky Experiments Roeper, Thomas 1981

  • ˜there is nothing in Loar™s account to justify coreference™: 1999, 488.

    Zombies Kirk, Robert 2006

  • Five pink ovals are annotated "anaphora / coreference" to indicate that 1) "four New York City physicians," 2) those physicians by name, and 3) at least six occurrences of the the pronoun

    Intelligent Enterprise 2009

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hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. grammatical relation

hyponyms (2)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. reflexiveness
  2. reflexivity

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