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Origin of YOU/有 sentence in Shijing / 《诗经》的“有”字句探源
Chen Qianrui, Professor, Beijing Language and Culture University, will give a talk at Stanford. The talk will be given in Chinese.
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《诗经》的“有”字句探源
提要
《诗经》《夏小正》和殷墟卜辞中“有+动”用来表示确认状态的现实性,在“有+动态谓词”中“有”相当于“确定会”。《诗经》中 “有”字句集中分布在商人故地的诗篇中,“主要是商邑方言的表现手段”。三份上古文献语料中均没有“有+动”表示确认事件现实性的用法,有可能支持先有 “有+形”确认状态后有“有+动”确认事件的语法化路径。语言学证据支持商人起源于东方,《夏小正》、殷墟卜辞和《诗经》中“有”字句可能就是夏商周汉语 与东夷语言长期接触的结果,现代南方方言的“有”字句则是秦汉以后汉语在南方地区与百越土著语言或南迁的东夷语言接触的结果。
关键词 “有”字句 诗经 南方方言 语法化 语言接触
The talk will be given in Chinese.
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