Sun, 10 Nov 1996 14:09 -0500 (EST)  TO: Mike Luper <> cc:
B-Greek FROM: Harry J. Harm DATE: 10 November 1996 RE: Cataphora
Dear Mike,  Greetings from Mississippi. On Saturday you asked
the following question about cataphora -  First, in working
through Young's grammar I came across a reference he makes to a
"cataphoric demonstrative" (p. 190). I have never heard of the
term "cataphoric" and could not track it down in any dictionary
or linguistic text. Could somebody offer some insight on the
meaning of this term?  Cataphora is the opposite of anaphora. In
cataphora the "word" refers forward to something which will be
expressed, e.g., "Here is the 9 o'clock news." This is a
cataphoric use of "here". Jude 4 has a good example of touto
used cataphorically -- who long ago were written about for THIS
judgment/condemnation.  Anaphora is the opposite of cataphora.
In anaphora the "word" refers back to something which has
already been expressed. "John painted this picture in Bermuda.
He did that there..." In the sec