[bubbaa]

can a title be a cataphoric reference? for example if the story is called the courtship of mr lyon, the guy in it turns out to be a predator, is that a cataphoric reference or not?

thanks!

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(Original post by bubbaa)
can a title be a cataphoric reference? for example if the story is called the courtship of mr lyon, the guy in it turns out to be a predator, is that a cataphoric reference or not?

thanks!

Cataphoric referencing is a linguistic term. It is not a literary device whereby what you read later on changes your opinion of Mr Lyon; that is a content issue and has nothing to do with linguistics. It is not a cataphoric reference.

A cataphoric reference would be having a title such as: The Courtship of Her (2011). We do not know who her is until we read on.

[bubbaa]

okay that makes sense, thanks