exophora

English

Etymology

From exo- +‎ Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, “to carry”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Examples
Pronouns are often exophoric, with words such as "this", "that", "here", "there", as in "that chair over there is John's" said while indicating the direction of the chair referred to

exophora (plural exophoras)

1. (linguistics) A reference to something extralinguistic.

   Antonym: endophora

   Hyponyms: deixis (proximal context, situational knowledge); homophora (distal context, general knowledge)

Derived terms

• exophoric (adj)

Translations

reference to something extralinguistic

• Finnish: eksofora

References

• Eugene E. Loos [et al.], editors (2003), “exophora”, in Glossary of Linguistic Terms, Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.