In linguistics, endophora is a term that means an expression which refers to something intralinguistic, i.e. in the same text. For example, in the sentences "I saw Sally yesterday. She was lying on the beach", "she" is an endophoric expression because it refers to something already mentioned in the text, i.e. "Sally". By contrast, "She was lying on the beach," if it appeared by itself, has an exophoric expression; "she" refers to something that the reader is not told about.

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  • In linguistics, endophora is a term that means an expression which refers to something intralinguistic, i.e. in the same text. For example, in the sentences "I saw Sally yesterday. She was lying on the beach", "she" is an endophoric expression because it refers to something already mentioned in the text, i.e. "Sally". By contrast, "She was lying on the beach," if it appeared by itself, has an exophoric expression; "she" refers to something that the reader is not told about. That is to say, there is not enough information in the text to independently determine to whom "she" refers. It can refer to someone the speaker assumes his audience has prior knowledge of or it can refer to a person he is showing to his listeners. Without further information, in other words, there is no way of knowing the exact meaning of an exophoric term. Endophora can be broken into three subcategories: cataphora, anaphora and self-reference.
  • Een endofoor is een verwijzend element in een tekst dat een intralinguïstische functie heeft, wat wil zeggen dat het verwijst naar iets dat elders in de tekst expliciet wordt genoemd. Een endofoor is daarmee het tegenovergestelde van een exofoor. Endoforen kunnen worden onderverdeeld in anaforen, kataforen en autoforen (een vorm van zelfreferentie).
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  • In linguistics, endophora is a term that means an expression which refers to something intralinguistic, i.e. in the same text. For example, in the sentences "I saw Sally yesterday. She was lying on the beach", "she" is an endophoric expression because it refers to something already mentioned in the text, i.e. "Sally". By contrast, "She was lying on the beach," if it appeared by itself, has an exophoric expression; "she" refers to something that the reader is not told about.
  • Een endofoor is een verwijzend element in een tekst dat een intralinguïstische functie heeft, wat wil zeggen dat het verwijst naar iets dat elders in de tekst expliciet wordt genoemd. Een endofoor is daarmee het tegenovergestelde van een exofoor. Endoforen kunnen worden onderverdeeld in anaforen, kataforen en autoforen (een vorm van zelfreferentie).
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  • Endophora
  • Endofoor
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