Grammatical classification of verbs in Yizhoushu
Chen Ze-xin · Journal of Changchun University · 2010
Based on the exhaustive statistics of verbs in Yizhoushu,this article classifies 821 verbs. From grammatical classification, we can find the characteristics of the times,that is,relative to oracle,the class is very complete and relative to middle ancient Chinese,the total amount of verbs is small and the amount of every class is relevantly small. Pre-Qin Chinese includs all auxiliary verbs and special verbs of ancient Chinese. The total amount of middle ancient Chinese verbs is more than one thousand and every verb minor sort is more abundant,such as,de,naianderin modality of possibility,kenandyuanin desiderative verbs,yingand dangin necessary verbs and so on,but they can not be found in Yizhoushu.