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coreferences

coreferences is the plural of coreference.

Meaning of coreference

Noun

coreference (countable and uncountable, plural coreferences)

  1. The relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent.
    • If we use subscript letters to indicate coreference (so that two NPs
      with the same subscript refer to the same entity, whereas two NPs with differ-
      ent subscripts refer to different entities), then we can say that (19) is ambigu-
      ous as between the two interpretations represented in (20)...1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 119

Questions about coreferences

What is coreferences the plural of?
Coreferences is the plural of coreference.

Words near coreferences in the dictionary

  1. coredialysis
  2. Coree
  3. Coreen
  4. corefer
  5. coreference
  6. coreferences
  7. coreferent
  8. coreferential
  9. coreferentiality
  10. coreferentially
  11. coreferents

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