| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Significance of This Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of This Paper | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·Basic Concepts of Anaphora | 第16-18页 |
| ·Defining Anaphora | 第16-17页 |
| ·Defining Terms Related to Anaphora | 第17-18页 |
| ·Reference | 第17页 |
| ·Antecedent and anaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Discourse | 第18页 |
| ·Classification of Anaphora | 第18-20页 |
| ·Various Approaches to the Study of Anaphora | 第20-27页 |
| ·Syntactic Approach to the Study of Anaphora | 第20-21页 |
| ·Semantic Approach to the Study of Anaphora | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to the Study of Anaphora | 第23-24页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach to the Study of Anaphora | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Analysis of Border Town from the Aspect of Linguistics | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Preliminaries | 第27-40页 |
| ·Accessibility Theory | 第27-30页 |
| ·Marking Scale of Accessibility Theory | 第28页 |
| ·Constraining Factors in Accessibility | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Application of Accessibility in the Study of Nominal Anaphora | 第29-30页 |
| ·Topic Continuity Theory | 第30-33页 |
| ·Topic-Coding Devices Scale | 第30-31页 |
| ·Constraining Factors in Topic Continuity Theory | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Application of Topic-Continuity Theory in the Study of Zero Anaphora | 第32-33页 |
| ·Neo-Gricean Theory | 第33-37页 |
| ·Basic Principles in Neo-Gricean Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Constraining Factors in Neo-Gricean Theory | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Application of Neo-Gricean Theory in the Study of Pronominal Anaphora | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Descriptive Framework for This Study | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第40-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第40页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第40-42页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40-41页 |
| ·Procedures | 第41-42页 |
| ·Labeling of Anaphora:A Sample Analysis | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussions | 第43-72页 |
| ·Types of Anaphora in Border Town | 第43页 |
| ·Nominal Anaphora in Border Town | 第43-54页 |
| ·The Distribution of Nominal Anaphora | 第43-47页 |
| ·Constraints on the Use of Nominal Anaphora | 第47-53页 |
| ·Types of Linear Distance and Nominal Anaphora | 第47-50页 |
| ·Syntactic Position and Nominal Anaphora | 第50-52页 |
| ·Intervening Referents and Nominal Anaphora | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| ·Zero Anaphora in Border Town | 第54-59页 |
| ·The Distribution of Zero Anaphora | 第54-59页 |
| ·Types of Linear Distance and Zero Anaphora | 第54-56页 |
| ·Syntactic Position and Zero Anaphora | 第56-58页 |
| ·Intervening Referents and Zero Anaphora | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59页 |
| ·Pronominal Anaphora in Border Town | 第59-72页 |
| ·The Distribution of Pronominal Anaphora | 第59-65页 |
| ·Constraints on the Distribution of Pronominal Anaphora | 第65-70页 |
| ·Types of Linear Distance and Pronominal Anaphora | 第65-67页 |
| ·Syntactic Positions and Pronominal Anaphora | 第67-69页 |
| ·Intervening Referents and Pronominal Anaphora | 第69-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第72-75页 |
| ·Findings of This Study | 第72-73页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations of This Research | 第74-75页 |
| References | 第75-79页 |
