本书采用的是会话分析的视角，将会话中的语篇回指，视为交际双方在基本会话合作原则指导下，采用的指称照应管理手段及其结果，着重探讨说话者为了纠正会话交际中实际存在或可能出现的回指指代不清或误解而作出的修正。从这一视角研究语篇回指的好处是，可以从说话者何时、何处、在何种情况下作出何种回指修正中，反观和逆向推测交际双方在使用回指时所遵循的合作原则。本书的创新性也就表现在从这一视角对语篇回指的深入观察和思考中，主要体现在如下观察、描述和解释三个方面。

Chapter One Introduction

  1. 1 Conversational Repair and Anaphoric Repair

 1.1.1 Definition of conversational repair

 1.1.2 Toward a definition of anaphoric repair

  1.2 A Brief Literature Review

  1.3 General Aims and Objectives

  1.4 Methodology

  1.5 Data Used for Analysis

  1.6 Organization of the Present Study

Chapter Two Classifications of Anaphoric Repair

  2.1 Introduction

  2.2 A Functional Classification

  2.2.1 Anaphoric repair for referential unclearness

  2.2.2 Anaphoric repair for lexieal understanding

  2.2.3 Anaphoric repair for identity negotiation

  2.2.4 Anaphoric repair for listening problem

  2.2.5 Anaphoric repair for speaking error ~

2.3 Appropriateness-repair Versus Error-repair

2.4 A Formal Classification

  2.4.1 Repair of a pronominal form

  2.4.2 Repair of a non-pronominal form

2.5 Summary

Chapter Three Basic Patterns and Structural Preferences of Anaphorie Repair

  3.1 Introduction

  3.2 Basic Patterns and Structural Preferences of Conversational Repair

  3.3 Four Patterns of Anaphoric Repair

 3.3.1 Self-initiated self-repair .

 3.3.2 Other-initiated self-repair

 3.3.3 Other-initiated other-repair

 3.3.4 Self-initiated other-repair

  3.4 Structural Preferences of Anaphoric Repair in Chinese Conversation

 3.4.1 Distribution of the four basic patterns of anaphoric repair

 3.4.2 Self-initiation versus other-initiation

 3.4.3 Self-repair versus other-repair

  3.5 Summary

Chapter Four Initiation Types and Techniques in Anaphoric Repair

  4.1 Introduction

  4.2 Initiation Types

 4.2.1 Specific information request

 4.2.2 Non-specific request for repetition

 4.2.3 Expression of lexical uncertainty

 4.2.4 Candidate understanding

 4.2. 5 Clarification,request

 4.2.6 Objection

 4.2.7 Preemptive initiation

 4.2.8 Minimal dysfluency

 4.2.9 Without explicit initiation marker

  4.3 Initiation Techniques

 4.3.1 Question particle or question word

 4.3.2 Repeat of the trouble source

 4.3.3 Repeat of the trouble sourceq-question word

 4.3.4 Question

 4.3.5 Candidate alternative

 4.3.6 Negative word or clause

 4.3.7 Sound stretch, cut-off or non-lexical filler

 4.3.8 Without separable initiator

 4.3.9 The scale of initiation techniques

 4.3.10 Practices of combining different techniques

  4.4 Summary

Chapter Five Repair Strategies in Anaphoric Repair

  5.1 Introduction

  5.2 Repair Strategies

 5.2.1 Replacement

 5.2.2 Addition

 5.2.3 Completion

 5.2.4 Repetition

 5.2.5 Rejection

 5.2.6 Explanation

  5.3 Repair Strategies Used in the Five Types of Anaphoric Repair

  5.4 Summary

Chapter Six Referential Choice and Interpretation of Anaphoric Repair

  6.1 Introduction

  6.2 Referential Choice in Anaphoric Repair

  6.2.1 Distribution of reparanda

  6.2.2 Distribution of reparans for repairing reparanda

  6.2.3 Referential choice in repairing non-pronominal reparanda

  6.3 Interpretation of Anaphoric Repair in General

  6.3.1 CP of anaphoric reference

  6.3.2 A general procedure of anaphoric repair

  6.4 A Pragmatic and Cognitive Account of Repairs of Pronominal Forms

  6.4.1 A pragmatic perspective of repairs of pronominal forms

  6.4.2 A cognitive perspective of anaphoric repair

  6.4.3 A pragmatic and cognitive model of anaphoric repair

  6.5 Summary

Chapter Seven Conclusion

  7.1 Summary of Major Findings

  7.2 Theoretical Implications

  7.3 Limitations of This Study

  7.4 Suggestions for Future Research

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