[Attempto] @anaphoric reference

[Norbert E. Fuchs]

On 2 Jul 2009, at 08:22, Alex Shkotin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Let's take ACE: B5633 is a publication. A year of B5633 is 1946. A  
> first-page of the publication B5633 is 1.
>
> Question: why "the publication B5633" is not anaphoric reference to  
> "B5633 is a publication"?
>
> see attached picture.
>
> I use phrase "the publication B5633" to make text more readable.
>
> Alex
>
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Alex

The explanation is simple. For details see section 2.1.15 of the ACE  
construction rules.

In your example the first occurrence of B5633 is as a so-called bare  
variable that is a shortcut for "something B5633". Thus the variable  
basically stands for "something". The second occurrence of B5633 is as  
apposition to "publication". Now the same variable stands for  
"publication" which causes the error message.

To express what you want you could, for instance, write:

B5633 is a publication. A year of B5633 is 1946. A first-page of the  
publication is 1.

But perhaps you would want to avoid associating B5633 with  
"something". Then you could write more concisely

A year of the publication B5633 is 1946. A first-page of the  
publication B5633 is 1.

or variants thereof.

Regards.

    --- nef