Abstract, 9
1 Introduction: Anaphora and Reference Processing, 19
1.2 Anaphora , 23
1.3 Reference Processing , 31
1. 4 Summary , 35
2.2 Recent Developments and Lines of Research , 54
2.3 Centering Attention for Anaphor Resolution , 70
2.4 Summary , 87
3.2 Split Obliqueness and Derived Constructions , 102
3.3 Branching Obliqueness and Subject-orientedness , 111
3.4 Summary , 119
4.2 New Symmetries with Four Constraints , 135
4.3 The Quantificational Structure of Binding Constraints , 139
4.4 New Insights into Binding , 151
4.5 Summary , 160
5.2 Obliqueness Quantification as a Component of Meaning , 169
5.3 Binding Constraints as Determinants of Meaning Composition , 178
5.4 From Anaphor Resolution to Reference Processing , 183
5.5 Summary , 196
6.2 A Module of Linguistic Knowledge at Odds in Grammar , 212
6.3 Binding Constraints in a Constraint-based Framework , 226
6.4 Summary , 250
7.2 Implemented Grammar , 262
7.3 Implementation of Binding Constraints , 266
7.4 Summary , 282
8.2 From the Angle of Antecedents , 287
8.3 Binding Constraints in Discourse , 289
8.4 Gaps and Linguistic Universals , 294
8.5 Generation of Anaphoric Expressions , 296
8.6 Cognitive Underpinnings , 298
Annex II Examples , 357
Example 2 , 360
Example 3 , 374
Index of Names , 423
Index of Languages , 427
Index of Definitions , 431