上古汉语性质形容词的词类地位及其鉴别标准

Criteria for identifying qualitative adjectives in Old Chinese

文章结合上古汉语30部文献,通过分析10万多个例句,运用四条标准,鉴别出380个性质形容词,确立了上古汉语形容词的词类地位。文章指出从最典型的形容词到最不典型的形容词形成了一个形容词性由强而弱的连续统。文章还讨论了非谓形容词和非定形容词的鉴别以及形容词同名词、动词、副词的区分问题,指出了其中存在的困难和应对的策略。

Based on the analysis of more than 100,000 clauses in 30 ancient Chinese documents, this paper provides four criteria to identify 380 qualitative adjectives. These adjectives form a continuum from the most typical to the most atypical. The paper also discusses some related issues such as the difference between the non-predicate adjectives and the non-attribute adjectives and as the relationship of the adjectives with nouns, verbs, and adverbs.