A syntactic element with little or no intrinsic or reference of its own and which takes its interpretation from another element in the same sentence or discourse, which serves as its antecedent.
نهج بلاغي يقضي باستبدال وحدة كلامية ببدل.
الأطفال والشباب والشيوخ، كلّهم شاركوا في الاحتفالات.