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agent

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In an active clause, the agent participant is typically expressed as the subject (Peter killed a poodle). In a passive clause, the agent can be realized by a prepositional phrase introduced by by ...

An anaphoric word/phrase points backwards in the text, i.e. you find out what an anaphoric word/phrase refers to by looking at the preceding context. Words that are typically anaphoric are personal ...

anaphoric reference

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Reference backwards in the text. A personal pronoun, for example, often has anaphoric reference, i.e. you have to look at the preceding context to see what it refers to.

antecedent

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Term used in connection with relative pronouns and relative clauses. The antecedent of a relative pronoun or a relative clause is the noun phrase that the pronoun or the clause refers back to.

antonym

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A word which means the opposite of another word. E.g. large - small, expensive - cheap, happy - sad.

antonymy

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Sense relation between two words with opposite meanings. Examples

apposition

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Expansion of a noun phrase, whereby a second noun phrase is added which has the same reference as the first, but a different form. E.g. Tony Blair, the British prime minister; my youngest sister, ...