Abstract
A field theory for the strong-coupling limit of a one-dimensional copper-oxide model is obtained from a weak-coupling point of view. Complementary aspects of strong correlations and band motion are incorporated in a natural way. Doping induces soliton or antisoliton charge excitations into a state with explicity broken chiral symmetry. The solitons or antisolitons have divergent superconductive pairing-correlation functions and various properties reminiscent of doped holes or electrons in high-temperature superconductors.