On the Modelization and Development of Verb-object Construction from the Oracle Inscription Age to the Period of the Book of History in Official Script of the Han Dynasty

  • MA Qing-hua ,
  • LI Wei-zheng
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Online published: 2017-09-28

Abstract

The verb-object construction in oracle inscriptions is primarily verb-object,but there is also the form of object-verb.With a mark,an object precedes its verb for the purpose of emphasis.In the case there is no mark,the fact of an object precedes its verb is due to a relatively low level of syntactic modelization in the original language.Typically,an object in oracle inscriptions is not a true object but an attachment object.However,a true object functioned as a typical object in the Western Zhou Dynasty.The word order of double-object construction in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Book of History (Shangshu) in Official Script of the Han Dynasty still have the trace of a relatively low modelization level.

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MA Qing-hua , LI Wei-zheng . On the Modelization and Development of Verb-object Construction from the Oracle Inscription Age to the Period of the Book of History in Official Script of the Han Dynasty[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2017 , 49(5) : 148 -158 . DOI: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2017.05.018

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