| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-7页 |
| Abbreviations | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introducti | 第10-17页 |
| 1.Binding Theory and long distance binding | 第10-15页 |
| ·utline of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Chinese Reflexive Ziji: An | 第17-22页 |
| 1.Reflexives in Chinese | 第17页 |
| 2.Distribution and properties of ziji | 第17-22页 |
| ·Local binding and long distance binding | 第18-20页 |
| ·Subject-orientation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Blocking effects | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Previous Syntactic Analyses on Zij | 第22-31页 |
| 1.Denial of ziji as a true anaphor | 第22-24页 |
| 2.Modification of Binding Theory | 第24-29页 |
| 3.Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four The Constraint-based Study of Anaphora:HSPG and LFG Approache | 第31-45页 |
| 1. Binding Theory in HSPG | 第31-38页 |
| ·Problems for GB Binding Theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·Pollard & Sag’s HSPG Binding Theory | 第33-35页 |
| ·Ziji in HSPG binding interpretation | 第35-38页 |
| 2.Anaphora and Lexical Functional Grammar | 第38-45页 |
| ·LFG vs. HSPG: difference and similarity | 第38-39页 |
| ·Basic concepts of LFG | 第39-40页 |
| ·Toy Binding Theory | 第40-41页 |
| ·Binding constraints | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Five Optimality Theory: An Overview | 第45-54页 |
| 1. Basic concepts of OT | 第45-48页 |
| 2. OT and syntax | 第48-52页 |
| ·PPT vs. OT | 第48-49页 |
| ·OT syntax and OT LFG | 第49-52页 |
| 3 Extension of OT outside the formalism | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Six: The Constraint-based Study of Anaphora Revisited:An Optimal Approach to Prominence and Locality | 第54-68页 |
| 1. Self-ascription theory | 第54-56页 |
| 2. Prominence and locality in binding of Chinese complex reflexive | 第56-59页 |
| 3. Prominence and locality in binding of bare reflexive ziji | 第59-67页 |
| ·NP prominence computing algorithm | 第59-62页 |
| ·R-engine and P-engine analysis | 第62-67页 |
| 4. Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Seven Anaphora Understanding: An Optimal Interpretati | 第68-78页 |
| 1. Soft constraints on interpretation | 第68-69页 |
| 2. Referential Economy and Principle A | 第69-72页 |
| 3. An integrative framework of bidirectional optimality | 第72-74页 |
| 4. Natural language interpretation analysis to ziji: an optimality trial | 第74-78页 |
| Chapter Eight: Conclusion and Future Perspectives | 第78-82页 |
| References: | 第82-88页 |
