CONTEXTUAL REFERENCE

CONTEXTUAL REFERENCE

 Para evitar la múltiple repetición de una misma palabra en un texto recurrimos a la utilización de
referencias contextuales. Los referentes son los que sustituyen al sujeto de una oración.
 El uso de referentes en una oración dentro de un texto hace que el texto sea mas fácil de leer y
evita que el texto se vuelva monótono y aburrido.
Por ejemplo:
“Rosa Maria is very happy. Rosa Maria is married. Rosa Maria has three children. Rosa Maria has an
interesting job”
Ahora si vemos el mismo ejemplo pero utilizando referentes:
“Rosa Maria is very happy. She is married. She has three children. She has an interesting job”.
La utilización de la palabra she nos permite referirnos a Rosa Maria sin necesidad de repetir su
nombre tres veces en dos líneas. Lo cual resultaría en una lectura sumamente tediosa.
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PERSONAL POSSESSIVE OBJECT POSSESSIVE REFLEXIVE

PRONOUN ADJECTIVE PRONOUN PRONOUN PRONOUN

I my me mine. myself

you your you yours. yourself

he his him his. himself

she her her hers. herself

it its it --- itself

we our us ours. ourselves

you your you yours. yourselves

they their them theirs. themselves

 WHAT IS CONTEXTUAL REFERENCE?

 They are words which substitute for other words (to avoid using the same word over and over).
They refer back to words that have been used. Also they may refer forward to ideas that will be
stated.

EXAMPLES:

- There are many kinds of batteries, but they all produce electricity by chemical action.

- A square is a figure with 4 sides of equal length. Each of its 4 sides must form a right angle with
2 of the other sides
There are two technologies at work in a clipboard PC: one allows raw data to get
into the computer and the other allow the computer to figure out what data mean.

ONE: one technology THE OTHER: the other technology

Optical fibers give very clear telephone conversations which are free from signal
interference because light signals from one fiber do not interfere with those of
others in the same cable

WHICH: telephone conversations THOSE: light signals OTHERS: fibers

A computer, like any other machine, is used because it does certain jobs better

and more efficiently than humans. It can receive more information and process it

faster than any human. The speed at which a computer works means it can

replace weeks or even months of pencil-and-paper work. Therefore, computers

are used when the time saved offsets their cost, which is one of the many reasons

they are used so much in business industry, and research.

IT: computer IT: computer IT: information IT: the speed

THEIR: computers WHICH: cost THEY: computers

Most programs are user – friendly but some are very complicated
SOME: programs

The soldiers had to not only defend themselves from the enemy
troops, but they also had to find a way out of the forest.
THEMSELVES: SOLDIERS
THEY: SOLDIERS
Even though an optical fiber is as thin as hair, its signal
carrying capacity is higher than cooper wire.

ITS: optical fiber

Animation is a component of multimedia; it is used in online video

game as well as in moving banners displaying sports scores or stock
prices.

IT: animation
Everybody uses computers for many different purposes. These
smart machines make their lives easier and more pleasant.

THESE SMART MACHINES: computers

THEIR: everybody

As companies unify their networks and systems, they must merge new
technologies and legacy systems.

THEIR: companies

THEY: companies