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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 The Definition of Abstract Entity Anaphora
1.2 Differences Between Abstract Entity Anaphora and Other Kinds of Anaphora
1.2.1 Abstract Entity Anaphora and Concrete Individual Anaphora
1.2.2 Abstract Entity Anaphora, Extended Reference and Text Reference
1.2.3 Abstract Entity Anaphora and Deep Anaphora
1.2.4 Abstract Entity Anaphora and Associative Anaphora
1.3 The Necessity of the Study of Abstract Entity Anaphora in Argumentative Texts
1.3.1 The Limitations of the Previous Study of Abstract Entity Anaphora
1.3.2 Characteristics of Argumentative Text
1.3.3 Argumentative Text and Abstract Entity Anaphora
1.4 Research Purpose and Significance
1.5 Organization of the Book
Notes
2 Pragmatic Features of Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Written Argumentative Data
2.2.1 The Sources of the Argumentative Texts
2.2.2 The Criteria of Data Collection and the Content of Data Analyses
2.3 Pragmatic Functions of Abstract Entity Anaphors
2.3.1 Recapitulation
2.3.2 Obscuration
2.3.3 Demarcation
2.4 Text Environment of Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.4.1 Background
2.4.2 Text Environment of English Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.4.3 Text Environment of Chinese Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.4.4 Comparisons Between English and Chinese Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.5 Pragmatic Tendency of Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.6 Backwards Anaphora
2.7 Summary
3 Discourse Structure and Discourse Anaphora
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) by Mann and Thompson
3.2.1 Main Idea
3.2.2 Comment
3.3 Rhetorical Structure by Fox
3.3.1 Main Idea
3.3.2 Comment
3.4 Linguistic Discourse Model (LDM) by Polanyi
3.4.1 Main Idea
3.4.2 Comment
3.5 Other Related Studies
3.6 Discourse Representation Theory
3.6.1 Main Idea
3.6.2 Comment
3.7 Taking Stock
4 SDRT and Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Discourse Relations and Topic
4.2.1 Discourse Relations
4.2.2 Topic
4.3 SDRS Construction
4.3.1 Determining the Basic Constituents
4.3.2 Constraints on Possible Sites for Constituent Attachment
4.3.3 SDRS Updating
4.3.4 Constituent Revision
4.4 SDRT and Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.4.1 Constraints on Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.4.2 AVAILABILITY and Constituent Revision
4.4.3 More Application to Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.5 Application of SDRT to Chinese Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.6 SDRT and Backwards Anaphora
4.7 Support from Cognitive Psychology
4.7.1 Situation Model
4.7.2 Resonance Model
4.8 Summary
Notes
5 Inadequacies of SDRT and Suggested Solutions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Inadequacies
5.2.1 Discourse Relations
5.2.2 Topic Construction
5.2.3 The Role of the Topic
5.2.4 Explicit Referent Identification
5.2.5 Implicit Referent Identification
5.2.6 Reference Ambiguity Resulting from Double Attachment Sites
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 The Definition of Abstract Entity Anaphora
1.2 Differences Between Abstract Entity Anaphora and Other Kinds of Anaphora
1.2.1 Abstract Entity Anaphora and Concrete Individual Anaphora
1.2.2 Abstract Entity Anaphora, Extended Reference and Text Reference
1.2.3 Abstract Entity Anaphora and Deep Anaphora
1.2.4 Abstract Entity Anaphora and Associative Anaphora
1.3 The Necessity of the Study of Abstract Entity Anaphora in Argumentative Texts
1.3.1 The Limitations of the Previous Study of Abstract Entity Anaphora
1.3.2 Characteristics of Argumentative Text
1.3.3 Argumentative Text and Abstract Entity Anaphora
1.4 Research Purpose and Significance
1.5 Organization of the Book
Notes
2 Pragmatic Features of Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Written Argumentative Data
2.2.1 The Sources of the Argumentative Texts
2.2.2 The Criteria of Data Collection and the Content of Data Analyses
2.3 Pragmatic Functions of Abstract Entity Anaphors
2.3.1 Recapitulation
2.3.2 Obscuration
2.3.3 Demarcation
2.4 Text Environment of Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.4.1 Background
2.4.2 Text Environment of English Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.4.3 Text Environment of Chinese Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.4.4 Comparisons Between English and Chinese Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.5 Pragmatic Tendency of Abstract Entity Anaphora
2.6 Backwards Anaphora
2.7 Summary
3 Discourse Structure and Discourse Anaphora
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) by Mann and Thompson
3.2.1 Main Idea
3.2.2 Comment
3.3 Rhetorical Structure by Fox
3.3.1 Main Idea
3.3.2 Comment
3.4 Linguistic Discourse Model (LDM) by Polanyi
3.4.1 Main Idea
3.4.2 Comment
3.5 Other Related Studies
3.6 Discourse Representation Theory
3.6.1 Main Idea
3.6.2 Comment
3.7 Taking Stock
4 SDRT and Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Discourse Relations and Topic
4.2.1 Discourse Relations
4.2.2 Topic
4.3 SDRS Construction
4.3.1 Determining the Basic Constituents
4.3.2 Constraints on Possible Sites for Constituent Attachment
4.3.3 SDRS Updating
4.3.4 Constituent Revision
4.4 SDRT and Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.4.1 Constraints on Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.4.2 AVAILABILITY and Constituent Revision
4.4.3 More Application to Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.5 Application of SDRT to Chinese Abstract Entity Anaphora
4.6 SDRT and Backwards Anaphora
4.7 Support from Cognitive Psychology
4.7.1 Situation Model
4.7.2 Resonance Model
4.8 Summary
Notes
5 Inadequacies of SDRT and Suggested Solutions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Inadequacies
5.2.1 Discourse Relations
5.2.2 Topic Construction
5.2.3 The Role of the Topic
5.2.4 Explicit Referent Identification
5.2.5 Implicit Referent Identification
5.2.6 Reference Ambiguity Resulting from Double Attachment Sites