coreferent

An obsolete adjective used in linguistics to describe two or more expressions that refer to the same entity in the real world or discourse.

• 🇨🇳语言学中用来描述两个或多个表达形式指代现实世界或话语中同一对象的形容词。

1. Linguistic or logical relation C2 formal

   Describing two or more expressions that refer to the same entity or concept in a given context.

   • In the sentence 'John said he was tired,' 'John' and 'he' are coreferent.
   • The pronouns 'she' and 'her' are coreferent in the text.
   • Linguists analyze coreferent expressions to understand discourse structure.

   🇨🇳同指

   同义词: co-referentcoreferential

• more coreferent comparative form
• most coreferent superlative form