Appositive Phrases In The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions In The Yin Dynasty Ruins

By means of three-plane grammatical theory, classified statistics and comparative investigation, the paper studies the appositive phrases in oracle bone inscriptions.First the paper shows an overall research in appositive phrases in oracle bone inscriptions and gives a definition of the appositive phrases.How to identify the appositive phrases between the noun phrases is to be based on semantics, and is connected with sentence patterns, sentence rules of the oracle bone inscriptions and Yin-Shang history and culture. The Constituent of the typical parity phrases are NP, numerals, designation or person pron which represent time.It is important the paper investigate the relationship between the parts of the phrase and title and organization.There are such complicate patterns of structures as n+n, n+num&n,Num&n+n, pron+n,n+pron.And they represent relationship of parallel logical relationship of identical, category or genus.Appositive phrases are used as subject,object,attribute,adverbial Appositive phrases which mean time or title appear in the Oracle-Bone Inscriptions with high Frequency is not only the basic request of the accurate understanding,but also possibly concerned with Yin peoples' cognition and culture .We can see the inherited relationship by comparing it with Xizhou Oracle bone inscriptions, the Westzhou Dynasty and Eastzhou Dynasty bronze inscriptions, shang shu-shang shu and shangshu -zhou shu in double proof methods as well as comparing it with other excavated literature, ceremonies, modern and contemporary Chinese and in this way the significance of the appositive phrases in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Chinese grammatical history is evident.