金文叠音词语探析

A Study on the Reduplicated Words in Bronze Inscriptions

汉语叠音现象由来已久,本文以青铜器铭文为语料,对金文中的叠音词语进行探讨。金文叠音词语主要出现在西周晚期和春秋时期,包括叠音单纯词和叠音合成词(含词组),从形式上看分为AA式和AABB式;叠音词语中异体、通假现象多。金文叠音词语是汉语词汇双音词演变的一种方式,具有增强表义效果、补足音节、协调韵律的作用。

The reduplicated words in bronze inscriptions appeared commonly in late Western Zhou and early Spring and Autumn Period.The paper suggests that reduplicated simple and compound words(and phrases) werewritten in forms ofAA Style and AABB Style.Variant-form characters and borrowed characters also appeared frequently in reduplicated words.The formation of these words represents an evolution way of the Chinese vocabulary,playing an important role in strengthening affections of expressing meanings,adding syllabl...