A Study On The Category Of Words In The Inscriptions On The Bronze In The Zhou Dynasties (Section Of Function Words)

This thesis is a thorough study about the Pronouns, Adverbs, Adjectives, Conjunctions and Interjections in Jin Wen of Zhou Dynasties, which adopted methods like periodical analysis and synchronized comparison. There are 7 sections in this thesis.The first chapter is the introduction, which contains 4 sections. The first section introduces the textual value of Jin Wen, the second makes a brief retrospection about the results of research of Jin Wen, the third discusses the methods of study, the last describes the objects and concerned subjects of this thesis.The second chapter discusses the Pronouns in Jin Wen of Zhou Dynasties including Personal Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns and Non-referring Pronouns. The Personal Pronouns include the first, the second, the third and the self person pronouns. The first person includes"我,朕,余,,辝",among which"我,朕and余"are the primary ones, who differ in the functions of sentences ("我"mainly works as attribute and Subject,"朕"only as attribute and"余"only as Subject), the time of appearance ("朕"mainly appeared in middle and late west Zhou Dynasty,"我"and"余"mainly in late west Zhou and Spring and Autumn), the color of language body ("朕"mainly appeared in solemn conditions of language). The second person has"乃,汝,爾(尔),而,若", among which"乃"and"汝"are the primary ones who mainly differ in the functions of sentences ("乃"almost only as attribute while"汝"almost never as attribute) and time of appearance ("乃"mainly in middle and late west Zhou Dynasty, and the frequency of appearance in early west Zhou Dynasty was pretty high, while"汝"mainly in late west Zhou).The third person has"厥,其,之", among which"厥"is the primary one, who differ mainly in the grammar functions, i.e.,"厥"and"其"mainly as attribute while"之"only as object;"厥"and"其"'s difference lies in time of appearance,"厥"mainly in early and middle west Zhou,"其"mainly in late west Zhou and Spring and Autumn. Self person only includes one"自", which was rarely used. Demonstrative Pronouns mainly has"兹,之,是,此,若,斯,厥,其,乃,皮(彼),它,者(诸),者", among which"之,其,厥"were the primary ones, who differ in grammar functions and time of appearance. Interrogative Pronouns only has"隹(谁),害(曷),叚(胡)", who appeared very rarely and very late. Compared with Jia Gu Wen, they resemble each...