The Syntax Function of You(有) in Bronze Inscriptions of Two Zhou Dynasties
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The researches of You(有) in Ancient Chinese study mainly focused on existential sentences, "You(有) "sentences and syntax style of "You(有) + vp". The key of studies included the chronicle evolution of You (有) sentences as well as the meaning and grammar feature of You(有), and the texts of study mainly on historical texts. However, in Jin Wen texts of Two Zhou Dynasties, You(有) was also a high frequent word, with a number of appearance of 102, all followed by objectives and apart from 50 times followed by subjective objects, the high frequency of predicative objects is also a substantial feature. "You(有) + vp"had six concrete forms: "You(有) + v, You(有) + adverbial·v, You(有) + v·objective, You(有) + v·complement, You(有) + vp1 + vp2, You(有) + v1 and v2". Which showed the feature of being multi-style in the structure. And the abstract noun objects outnumbered all other objects among subjective objects was another characteristic.
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