Idiomatic Acceptability and Graphic Identification in Bronze Inscriptions of the Spring and Autumn Period - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Chapitre D'ouvrage Année : 2004

Idiomatic Acceptability and Graphic Identification in Bronze Inscriptions of the Spring and Autumn Period

Résumé

According to the Report on the Spring and Autumn bronze inscriptions discovered in 1983 in Henan province, the character bao 'treasure; precious' is found written consecutively after the adverb yong 'always', giving ze yong bao bao. The presence of this unusual juxtaposition of two bao is puzzling because such a phrasal structure has never been encountered in any other bronze inscriptions. The Report did not deal with this dubious structure, or justify the identification of the two characters as bao bao (hereafter referred to as X and Y), not to mention any verification of its idiomatic acceptability. After a thorough check of relevant bronze rubbings, it became clear that the Report's graphic identification of X and Y is not valid and that neither of them has anything to do with the character bao. The new reading proposed here is based on graphic identifications and semantic analyses, buttressed with evidence from some similar idiomatic expressions found in Chinese bronze inscriptions of the same period.

Domaines

Linguistique
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Idiomatic_Acceptability_and_Graphic_Iden.pdf (1.65 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origine Accord explicite pour ce dépôt
Loading...

Dates et versions

hal-01689170 , version 1 (21-01-2018)

Identifiants

  • HAL Id : hal-01689170 , version 1

Citer

Chrystelle Maréchal. Idiomatic Acceptability and Graphic Identification in Bronze Inscriptions of the Spring and Autumn Period. Meaning and Form: Essays in Pre-Modern Chinese Grammar, 2004. ⟨hal-01689170⟩
71 Consultations
66 Téléchargements

Partager

Gmail Mastodon Facebook X LinkedIn More