I,you,him/her have long been used to systematilally classify personal pronouns.

As one of the anaphoric devices , English reflexive pronouns have long captured the imagination of linguists.

Based on classification and features of Chinese reflexive pronouns,this paper analyzed restricted theory,blocking effect and three amendments in binding theory as well as its limitations.

Based on LU Shu-xiang s study,the paper studies the third-person pronouns and reflexive pronouns in Chinese by means of a denotation theory in contemporary Chinese,concrete samplings employed to illustrate the flexibility of these words.

The reflexive pronouns "己","自","身" all have the transferred-designation in ancient chinese language.

Japanese honnin inclines toward the meaning of the person concerned and therefore exhibits the properties of the third-person pronoun,while Chinese benren leans on the meaning of "self" and therefore exhibits the properties of the reflexive pronoun.

A Broad overview of the theoretical research on the binding theory and the L2 acquisition of reflexives;

With the aid of the relativized SUBJECT theory provided by Progovac (1992,1993), the author tested advanced Chinese learners in their acquisition of English reflexives in monoclausal sentences and discussed the process in which UG, L1 knowledge and L2 input all play significant roles.

The author presents a discussion on the grammatical features of the English and Chinese reflexives,two grammatical theories on them,and a summary of their differences and similarities in usage.

Chinese reflexive ziji is not a pure reflexive but a compounding word of the reflexive & the generic pronoun.

When the English reflexive is discussed, it is most probably analyzed from its syntax, especially in Chomsky s Binding Principle.

This study conducts five experiments to explore the cognitive understanding process of Chinese native speakers and foreign students to the coreferent of Chinese reflexive ziji without context.