先行詞

Reading

Kana: せんこうし
Romaji: senkoushi
Kana
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Definition

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antecedent

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Reading: 
Meanings: part of speech, words, poetry

Example Sentence

先行(せんこう)(ことば)がthis,that,these,thoseの場合(ばあい)はwhichを(もち)いるのが普通(ふつう)です。
➥When the antecedent is this, that, these or those it is usual to use 'which'.
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