试论上古汉语语法的综合性

Try to Talk About the Synthesis of Ancient Chinese Grammar

上古汉语语法的特点在于其综合性强。综合性的主要表现是"一种形式多种功能"和"多种形式一种功能",前者常常导致语法形式的多样化发展,而后者常常导致语法形式的同一化发展。上古汉语语法综合性强的原因可能是它比较接近人类语言的初期状态。

This paper argues that ancient Chinese grammar is highly synthetic. Its synthesis mainly appears as 'one form with many functions' and 'many forms with one function'. The former often leads to diversification of grammatical components while the latter often leads to the assimilation of grammatical components. Ancient Chinese is a highly synthetic language partly because it is close to the initial state of human languages.