Typologies of anaphora Introduction Typologies of anaphora Anaphora and syntactic categories Anaphora and truth-conditions Anaphora and contexts Anaphora and discourse: reference-tracking systems Organisation of the book Syntactic approaches to anaphora Classical Chomskyan theory of anaphora Typology of NPs Binding theory Control theory Revisions and alternatives Summary Null subjects and null objects Null subjects Null objects Summary Long-distance reflexivisation The phenomenon Properties and theoretical issues Long-distance reflexivisation in generative grammar Summary Conclusion Semantic approaches to anaphora VP-ellipsis Definition and properties Theoretical issues Two general approaches: syntactically oriented versus semantically oriented Summary Binding and control: some semantic alternatives Binding Control Summary Logophoricity Background Logophoric pronouns in African languages Long-distance reflexives in East Asian languages Discourse representation Summary Conclusion Pragmatic approaches to anaphora A neo-Gricean pragmatic theory A revised neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of anaphora The general pattern of anaphora A revised neo-Gricean pragmatic theory Application Summary Some other pragmatic/cognitive/functional approaches Relevance theory Accessibility theory Prague School functionalism Summary 'Syntactic' versus 'pragmatic': a new typology of language? The pragmaticness of anaphora in a pragmatic language The prominence of 'Chinese-style' topic constructions in a pragmatic language Explaining the differences: parametric or typological? Summary Conclusion Switch-reference and discourse anaphora Switch-reference The phenomenon Switch-reference and related phenomena Two general approaches and beyond: syntactically oriented versus semantically oriented, and perhaps pragmatically oriented Summary Discourse anaphora The problem of anaphoric distribution in discourse The topic continuity or distance-interference model The hierarchy model The cognitive model The pragmatic model Summary Conclusion Conclusions Notes References Index of names Index of languages and language families Index of subjects

Yan Huang , Professor of Linguistics, University of Reading

`Huang's book is extremely rich in coverage ... [I]t is an excellent and recommendable reference work ... Anaphora, besides being a comprehensive summary of the state of the art, tries to come to grips with intricate problems in a stimulating and sometimes controversial manner. For anybody interested in anaphora, this book can be expected to serve as a major point of orientation for many years to come.' Language