先せん行こう詞し

noun

antecedent

In grammar, the noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers back to. Technical term used in linguistics and language study.

• 「彼かれは医い者しゃです。彼かれは親しん切せつです。」の「彼かれ」の先せん行こう詞しは「医い者しゃ」です。

  In 'He is a doctor. He is kind,' the antecedent of 'he' is 'doctor'.