anticipatorias

Anticipatorias is a term used in Spanish-language scholarly writing to describe phenomena, strategies, or devices that anticipate forthcoming content, events, or objections. The term is not fixed to a single field and its precise sense varies by domain, but it generally connotes forethought or preemption.

In linguistics and discourse analysis, anticipatorias refer to constructions or expressions that evoke or prepare for material that follows. This may include introductory phrases, topical foregrounding, or other elements that orient the listener to what will be discussed next.

In rhetoric and argumentation, anticipatorias describe anticipatory moves such as pre-empting counterarguments or objections and addressing them in advance, thereby strengthening an argument.

In psychology and behavioral sciences, anticipatorias may denote preparatory or anticipatory responses to predicted stimuli, reflecting expectancy processes and preparatory action.

Etymology: from anticipar, ultimately Latin anticipare. The plural form anticipatorias is used when discussing multiple instances of such phenomena in scholarly text.

See also: anticipation (linguistics), anticipatory rhetoric, anticipatory behavior, discourse markers.