coreferential

English

Etymology

co- +‎ referential

Adjective

coreferential (not comparable)

1. (chiefly grammar) Exhibiting coreference; referring to the same thing.
   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     To take an example from Chomsky (Knowledge (1986), p. 8), any native speaker of English knows that them can be interpreted as being coreferential to (i.e. referring to the same set of individuals as) the men in (5) (a) below, but not in (5) (b):
     (5) (a) I wonder who the men expected to see them
       (b) The men expected to see them