| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEGDEMENTS | 第7-8页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第8-9页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第9-10页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第10-11页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第11-13页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Issues of the Research | 第16-19页 |
| ·Research Scope | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第17-18页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第18页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-34页 |
| ·Principal Theories of Anaphora at the Discourse Level | 第19-24页 |
| ·The Topic Continuity of Distance-Interference Model | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Hierarchy Model | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Cognitive Model | 第22页 |
| ·The Neo-Gricean Model | 第22-24页 |
| ·ZA Studies of Written Discourse in Chinese | 第24-30页 |
| ·Mao: Zero Anaphora in Zuozhuan Discourse | 第24-25页 |
| ·Xu: Anaphora in Chinese Texts | 第25页 |
| ·Chen's Studies | 第25-27页 |
| ·Xu Yulong: Towards A Functional-pragmatic Model of Discourse Anaphora Resolution | 第27-28页 |
| ·Pu: Zero anaphora and Grammatical Relations in Mandarin | 第28页 |
| ·Li & Thompson: Third-person Pronouns and Zero-Anaphora in Chinese Discourse | 第28-30页 |
| ·ZA studies of Naturally-occurring Conversation in Chinese | 第30-32页 |
| ·Pan: Occurrence/Nonoccurrence, Distribution and Interpretation of Zero Anaphora in Chinese Conversational Discourse | 第30-31页 |
| ·Tao: Topic Discontinuity and Zero Anaphora in Chinese Discourse: Cognitive Strategies in Discourse Processing | 第31页 |
| ·Ma: A Contrastive Study of the Strategies for Reference to Persons Between Illiterates and Literates in Naturally-Occurring Conversation | 第31-32页 |
| ·Other Studies | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Data Collection and Annotation | 第34-43页 |
| ·Choice of Naturally-occurring and Planned Data in Chinese | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Sources and Annotation Scheme | 第35-43页 |
| ·Data Sources | 第35-36页 |
| ·Annotation Scheme | 第36-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Third-person ZA and Discourse Measurements | 第43-72页 |
| ·The Distributions of Third-person ZA | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Frequency of Third-person ZA in NC and PC | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Frequency of Third-person ZA vs. NP Anaphora and PA | 第44-46页 |
| ·Third-person ZA and Grammatical Positions | 第46-53页 |
| ·Referential Distance (RD) and Third-person ZA | 第53-59页 |
| ·Reference Ambiguity and Third-person ZA | 第59-66页 |
| ·Third-person ZA as maintained reference vs. shifted reference | 第59-63页 |
| ·PI and Third-person ZA | 第63-65页 |
| ·Interim Discussion | 第65-66页 |
| ·RP and Third-person ZA | 第66-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter 5 Further Elaboration | 第72-80页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences of Third-person ZA in NC and PC | 第72-74页 |
| ·Possible Reasons for Similarities | 第74页 |
| ·Possible Reasons for Differences | 第74-78页 |
| ·Style | 第74-75页 |
| ·Cognitive Factors | 第75-78页 |
| ·Summary | 第78-80页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第80-83页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第80页 |
| ·Potential Significance of the Study | 第80-81页 |
| ·Limitations | 第81页 |
| ·Researches to Be Done | 第81-83页 |
| References | 第83-87页 |
| Appendix | 第87-174页 |
