anaphorically
adverb language specialized uk/ˌæn.əˈfɒr.ɪk.li/ us/ˌæn.əˈfɔːr .ɪk.li/
回指性地|照应性地
in a way that refers to or replaces a word used earlier in a text
"They" is normally used anaphorically; that is to say, it usually refers to something earlier in the discourse. “They (他们）”一般用来回指;也就是说，它通常用来指代在语篇的上文中提到的（复数的）人或物。
Compare: cataphorically
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- The third-person pronouns are anaphorically linked to their antecedents.
- In many of these examples from French, the word "ça" is used both anaphorically and cataphorically.
- The quantifiers are linked to the phrases they anaphorically refer to.
- Pronouns can be used anaphorically and demonstratives can be used in a non-demonstrative way.