The Syntax and Pragmatics of Anaphora

A Study with Special Reference to Chinese

af Yan (University of Reading) Huang

Anaphora is a key issue for linguists. Yan Huang questions the Government and Binding approach to anaphora and develops a pragmatic theory within the neo-Gricean framework of conversational implicature. He demonstrates that syntax and pragmatics are interconnected in determining anaphoric processes.