The phenomenon of anaphora in Japanese discourse is quite complicated.In particular,when the antecedent is a phrasal one,the anaphora has various forms,and consequently,the concept of the antecedent transfers in different ways.In this paper,we adopt the"Three-Stage Theory for anaphora"proposed by Wang & Gao(2009)to study this phenomenon.When the anaphora is a demonstrative,the concept of the event described in detail by the antecedent is restated as"this/that(thing)"in its simple form with empty meaning.When the anaphora is"demonstrative adjective+nominal",due to the relatively rich meaning of the nominal,the concept of the event is transferred to the referent in different ways The nominal can not only transfer the same concept with the antecedent,but also add subjective evaluative meaning and extend the antecedent concept.When the anaphora is a bare noun,it can also transfer the same concept like"demonstrative adjective+nominal".All these ways of concept transfer are based on the nominalization or adverbialization of the antecedent by the anaphora,so that the nominalized or adverbialized antecedent can appear in a certain syntactic position of the following sentences,expressing the same or related concept with the antecedent,and thus promote the development of the discourse.
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