Etymology

logophor

L1O1G2O1P3H4O1R1

Today it means: A reflexive pronoun with discourse antecedents; i.e. a reflexive pronoun whose antecedent does not occur in the sentence itself. Full definition →

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Introduced by French linguist Claude Hagège, 1974. From logo- + -phor.

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