浅议王力先生“词头”概念及其判定——以《诗经》为例

On Wang Li's Definition of Word's Head——Case Study of The Books of Songs

上古汉语中的一些语言成分只是词的构成成分,没有词汇意义,王力先生的《古代汉语》将《诗经》中的这些语言成分称为"词头",在《汉语语法史》中他的认识发生了变化,对"词头"概念的判定出现不一致的地方。在梳理历代语言成分认识和命名的基础上,以王力先生"词头"概念的标准重新判定《诗经》中的这些语言成分"唯(惟、维)"、"于"、"言"是否确为"词头"。

In ancient Chinese, some words' initial parts were only formal constituents instead of connotative morphemes. In Ancient Chinese, the writer Wang Li referred to these elements as words' heads. While Later on, in The history of Chinese Grammar, this definition was revised. The present study makes a diachronic analysis of definition of Chinese linguistic components, and on the light of Wang Li's theory, re-examines such elements in The Books of Songs as wei( 唯、惟、维), yu( 于), yan( 言) to judge whether they are heads.