ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author attempts to provide both structural and functional characterizations of the different uses of the pronoun ta in Mandarin, assuming that there is only a single representation of the same pronominal form, while sustaining a unitary account of anaphora as a pragmatic process. He provides a unitary analysis within the Dynamic Syntax framework. The author also attempts to provide a unitary analysis of the different uses of the pronoun at issue from a processing perspective. Completion of the semantic tree will give rise to a well-formed propositional formula Fo. Notice that the term Fo replacing the metavariable projected by the pronoun is inferentially derived, because only it, which is established in the given context, qualifies as the substituend. Hence the formula value for the metavariable must be provided by an expression immediately following the introduction of ta, and the expression must be of type e.
