exophoric
adjective language specialized uk/?ek.s??f?r.?k/ us/?ek.s??f??r.?k/
外指的（使用涉及文本之外情景的语言的）
referring to something or understood because of something outside a text or conversation
The use of exophoric reference requires some shared knowledge between two speakers, or between writer and reader(s). 外指引用的使用需要两个对话者之间或作者和读者之间有部分共同的知识。
Pronouns are often exophoric, as are words such as "this", "that", "here", "there". 代词通常是外指性的，下面这些词也是：“this（这），that（那），here（这里），there（那里）”。
Compare: anaphoriccataphoric
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- This kind of exophoric reference does not depend on the specific situation to distinguish it.
- Exophoric often denotes a pronoun such as "I" or "you", whose meaning is determined by reference outside the discourse.
- In "Is that the one you were talking about?" the words "that" and "you" are exophoric, as they depend on contexts outside the conversation in order to be understood.