| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第6-7页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第7-8页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Paper | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-28页 |
| ·Major Concepts | 第14-19页 |
| ·Definition of Anaphora | 第14-16页 |
| ·Components of Anaphora | 第16-17页 |
| ·Classification of Anaphora | 第17-18页 |
| ·Definite Indirect Anaphora | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Accounts for Anaphora Resolution | 第19-27页 |
| ·Syntactic Approach | 第19-21页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach | 第21-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第24-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Definite Indirect Anaphora in News Texts | 第28-41页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第28-31页 |
| ·Sources of Materials | 第28页 |
| ·Criteria for Data Collection | 第28-31页 |
| ·Our Hypothesis on Definite IA Resolution in News Texts | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Definite IA in News Texts | 第32-38页 |
| ·A Comparative Study of Definite IA between Narrative Discourses and News Texts | 第32-37页 |
| ·Other Findings in Our Data | 第37-38页 |
| ·Possible Reasons for the Characteristics of Definite IA in News Texts | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Linguistic Characteristics of News Texts | 第38-39页 |
| ·People's Expectation in Reading News | 第39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four A Proposed Cognitive Mechanism of Definite IA Resolution for News Texts | 第41-56页 |
| ·Cognitive Resolution for IA Resolution in Narrative Discourses | 第41-42页 |
| ·A Proposed Cognitive Mechanism of Definite IA for News Texts | 第42-52页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第42-48页 |
| ·Our Proposed Cognitive Mechanism of Definite IA for News Texts | 第48-52页 |
| ·Sample Analysis | 第52-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第56-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第56-57页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第57-58页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第58-61页 |
| APPENDICES | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ:Sources of Our Data | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ:Some Definite IA Instances in Our Data | 第63-64页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第64-65页 |
