Identification

· Identification:

endophoric within the linguistic context
anaphoric referent occurred earlier
There is a large building right opposite you.
The building used to be a school.
The school has now been abolished.
The school / it has been changed to a museum.
cataphoric referent of the noun is identified later, immediately after the noun
the bus coming now
the journey home
the ministry of Education
the book which you lend me
exophoric outside identification from the text, situational context
come to the blackboard
open the bottle (there is one bottle on the table)
from general knowledge – unique
the sun, the moon, the earth, the universe, the sky, the seaside, the President, the Government