| Abstract (in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER 1 Introduction | 第16-29页 |
| ·Goal of the Study | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Notion of Zero Anaphora | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Notion of Syntactic Position | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Notion of Structural Hierarchy | 第19-21页 |
| ·A Brief Survey of Literature | 第21-26页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions and Methodology | 第26-28页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第28-29页 |
| CHAPTER 2 Linguistic Cues for Zero Anaphora Resolution | 第29-64页 |
| ·Mental Nature of Anaphora Resolution and the Importance of Linguistic Cues | 第29-32页 |
| ·Mental Nature of Anaphora Resolution | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Function of Linguistic Cues | 第30-32页 |
| ·Topicality and the Linguistic Cues | 第32-37页 |
| ·Accessibility and the Linguistic Cues | 第37-39页 |
| ·Y. L. Xu’s Anaphora Resolution Model | 第39-50页 |
| ·Syntactic Position as a Linguistic Cue Revealing Degree of Topicality/ Accessibility | 第50-57页 |
| ·Keenan & Comrie’s Syntactic Hierarchy | 第51-53页 |
| ·Syntactic Hierarchy for Zero Anaphora Resolution in Chinese | 第53-57页 |
| ·Structural Hierarchy as a Linguistic Cue Revealing Degree of Accessibility | 第57-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| CHAPTER 3 Syntactic Hierarchy and Zero Anaphora in Chinese | 第64-112页 |
| ·Defining Syntactic Positions | 第64-73页 |
| ·Discourse Distribution of Zero Anaphora | 第73-77页 |
| ·Positional Distribution of Zero Anaphora | 第77-84页 |
| ·Positions of Antecedents and Zeros | 第81-82页 |
| ·Positional Relations of Antecedents and Zeros | 第82-83页 |
| ·Positions of Intervening Referents | 第83-84页 |
| ·Zero Co-reference in Different Contexts | 第84-95页 |
| ·In Context with NP in the T Position of Antecedent Clause | 第84-87页 |
| ·In Context with NP in the SM Position of Antecedent Clause | 第87-90页 |
| ·In Context with no NP in the T/SM Position of Antecedent Clause | 第90-95页 |
| ·Zeros Referring to the Antecedent in S Position | 第92-93页 |
| ·Zeros Referring to the Antecedent in O Position | 第93-94页 |
| ·Zeros Referring to the Antecedents in OM and Other Positions | 第94-95页 |
| ·The Hierarchy Formed of the Positions of Antecedents | 第95-99页 |
| ·The Hierarchy Formed of the Co-referential Relations | 第99-110页 |
| ·Summary | 第110-112页 |
| CHAPTER 4 Structural Hierarchy and Zero Anaphora in Chinese | 第112-153页 |
| ·Discourse Structure Discussed in Chen | 第112-116页 |
| ·Influence of Discourse Structure on Zero Anaphora | 第116-124页 |
| ·Same Hierarchy | 第116-118页 |
| ·Different Hierarchy | 第118-124页 |
| ·The Adjunct Precedes the Nucleus | 第118-124页 |
| ·The Adjunct Follows the Nucleus | 第124页 |
| ·Discourse Structure that Affects Referential Patterns | 第124-144页 |
| ·The Problem of Shift of Referential Positions | 第124-125页 |
| ·Analysis of the Discourse Structure | 第125-144页 |
| ·Elaboration Predicate | 第126-129页 |
| ·Existential-Presentative Construction | 第129-136页 |
| ·Copula Construction (1) | 第136-139页 |
| ·Copula Construction (2) and “Adjectival-Predicate” Sentence | 第139-140页 |
| ·Adjusted Existential-Presentative Construction | 第140-141页 |
| ·Interim Summary | 第141-144页 |
| ·Structural Hierarchy that Affects Referential Distance | 第144-150页 |
| ·Summary | 第150-153页 |
| CHAPTER 5 Other Factors that Affect Anaphora Interpretation | 第153-176页 |
| ·Semantic Factor | 第153-163页 |
| ·Semantic Feature of the Clause Where Zero Occurs | 第153-161页 |
| ·Semantic Compatibility of the Predicate | 第153-155页 |
| ·When the Clause Expresses an Action | 第155-157页 |
| ·When the Clause is a Depiction | 第157-161页 |
| ·Semantic Relation Between the Referents | 第161-163页 |
| ·Pragmatic Factor | 第163-174页 |
| ·Single vs. Double Main Characters on Stage | 第163-170页 |
| ·Animacy vs. Inanimacy | 第170-174页 |
| ·Summary | 第174-176页 |
| CHAPTER 6 Resolving Zero Anaphora in Chinese | 第176-188页 |
| ·Zero Anaphoric Patterns with the Structural Hierarchy and Other Factors Considered | 第176-179页 |
| ·Incorporating Our Findings into Y. L. Xu’s Model | 第179-185页 |
| ·Cataphora Resolution | 第185-188页 |
| CHAPTER 7 Conclusion | 第188-194页 |
| ·Major Findings of this Study | 第188-190页 |
| ·Theoretical and Practical Implications | 第190-193页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第193-194页 |
| References | 第194-205页 |
