(n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
Example Sentences:
(1) The verb phrase (VP) anaphora is a commonly used construction in English in which part of a sentence, including the verb, is replaced or deleted.
(2) They in fact support a universal structure dependence in children's hypotheses about directionality of anaphora.
(3) The implications of these findings for theories of anaphora resolution and figurative language comprehension are discussed.
(4) No significant age differences were found on microlinguistic measures, including syntactic complexity and syntactic and lexical production errors, and there were also no age differences in the use of lexical cohesive ties, such as anaphora.
(5) The discussion focuses on the variable roles of speaker mood, plausibility, and pronoun anaphora in supporting inferences about a speaker's intended meaning and on the selective nature of RHD patients' impairment in this domain.
(6) The present study investigated comprehension of four types of VP anaphora constructions.
(7) Greater dementia severity among the SDAT subjects was associated with marked difficulties in accessing the mental lexicon (increased use of empty words, indefinite anaphora, and pronouns).
(8) Elsewhere we have argued on the basis of cross linguistic studies of directionality effects on anaphora in child language, that there is no universal 'forward directionality preference (FDP)'; rather such a preference is linked to languages with specific grammatical properties.
Emphasis
Definition:
(n.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
(n.) A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Elderly women need to follow the same strategies as postmenopausal women with more emphasis on prevention of falls.
(2) Since the first is balked by the obstacle of deficit reduction, emphasis has turned to the second.
(3) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
(4) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.
(5) In this article it is outlined the medical biopsychosocial approach with particular emphasis on the family viewed as the primary health care agency.
(6) This study examines the morphology of sporadic congenital microphthalmia in 1-day-old chicks, with particular emphasis on the neural retina.
(7) The emphasis was on reintegration into the community.
(8) "Their prioritising of pensioner spending over unemployment benefits fits with a picture seen across this generational work: they care about groups they see as being in genuine need and they put particular emphasis on helping those who have contributed."
(9) Special emphasis is laid on the new or unusual clinical patterns of dystonia as well as on the latest advances in its treatment.
(10) Emphasis is placed on the use of acylases, aminopeptidases and hydantoinases.
(11) A peculiar emphasis is given to the microarchitecture and functional significance of longitudinal muscle columns as a prevalent structural component of branch pads.
(12) Primary cultures of cells derived from 13 patients with acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AMML) were studied with particular emphasis on in vitro proliferation, cell differentiation and the mode for establishment of cell lines.
(13) Emphasis is placed on the contribution of MRI to the evaluation of these major classes of disease.
(14) We support the view that catalysis by metalloenzymes may be a reflection of the chemistry of the metal ion itself as a Lewis acid, and that perhaps too much emphasis has been placed on supposed special characteristics (such as strains, "entasis") of the enzyme-metal ion association.
(15) A follow-up test determines if the person's learning has been effective, and where further emphasis may be placed.
(16) A review of the literature was undertaken with emphasis on recent clinical and therapeutic aspects of PSP.
(17) Cited studies were critically reviewed with emphasis on study size, patient sample, methods, diagnostic criteria, and reproducibility of results.
(18) Lower density foams can be used only if the impact test standards are rewritten with less emphasis on impacts with convex and pointed objects.
(19) Emphasis is placed on techniques that prevent spontaneous recanalization of the ends of the vas deferens after vasectomy.
(20) In this article the epidemiologic aspects of these diseases are discussed, with particular emphasis on exportation from their indigenous areas in Africa and on the occurrence of secondary cases.