Research on the Nouns of Ghost in Inscriptions on Bones or Tortoise Shells

Lin Chunxiang

Abstract：The Nouns of Ghost has the important position in Inscriptions on Bones or Tortoise Shells.The Nouns of Ghost could be classified into human ghost，nature spirit，God and its belongings，and into monosyllabic word and compound word according to the number of its syllable.The main word-building of compound word is genitive structure.And the writing features of the Nouns of Ghost reflect the instability of the Inscriptions on Bones or Tortoise Shells’writing-system.

Key Words：Inscriptions on Bones；Nouns of Ghost；Word-building；Compound Word

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