论西周汉语第三人称代词的本用和活用

On the Original Usage and Flexible Usage of the Third Personal Pronoun in the Western Zhou Chinese Lan-guage

西周汉语第三人称代词“厥、其、之”的本用即是代第三身。它们都可活用,活用后表达特定的语用意义。“厥”和“之”活用时可指说话人自己,也可指听话的对方;“其”活用后可指听话的对方。从使用频率上来看,本用很常见,活用则罕见。

The original usage of the third person pronouns 'jue(厥)、qi(其)、zhi(之)' in the Western Zhou Chinese language is to replace the mentioning of the third person.They can all be used flexibly to express specific pragmatic meanings.'jue(厥)' and 'zhi(之)' both refer to the speaker as well as the listener while 'qi(其)'refers to the listener after being used flexibly.As to the frequency of appearance,the original usage is familiar while the flexible one is infrequent.