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Publication details [#23404]
Macleod, Norman. 1984. More on backward anaphora and discourse structure. Journal of Pragmatics 8 (3) : 321–327. 
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Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Annotation
The use of backward anaphora is said in some cases to amount to an overall communicative strategy whereby the speaker wants to avoid pronominal forms in topical clauses. Also, backward anaphora can be used to separate the nominal functions of existential assertion and denomination.