EACS-2016. Book of Abstracts

Linguistics 21st Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies 22 As illustrated in (3) and (4), the position of the subordinator 'yaoshi' can vary. (03) ni yaoshi e le ne, jiu ziji zuo dian chi. (04) ni dangshi yaoshi ti-chulai, ta hui gei ni qianzi de. After explaining why such different positions of the subordinator exist, I will first look at the different forms hypothetical markers can take, cf. 'yao(shi)' in (5)-(6). (05) yao/yaoshi tamen yao/yaoshi dou qu Faguo ... (06) *tamen dou yaoshi qu Faguo ... Then I will compare the behaviour of ‘ruguo’ clauses, cf. (7)–(8), with hypothetical clauses introduced by other subordinators, such as 'wanyi' and 'zhiyao', cf. (9)-(10). (07) ruguo Lisi zuo fan, Zhangsan jiu hui lai. (08) ruguo Lisi zuo fan, Zhangsan cai (hui) lai. (09) wanyi you ren zhao Mali, jiu /*cai qing ta liu ge tiaozi. (10) zhiyao xuxin, jiu/*cai hui jinbu. References: Chao, Y-r, 1968; Eifring, Halvor, 1995; Gasde & Paul (1996); Haiman (1974), Lu, P. 2002, 2008; Pulleyblank, 1995; Tang, Jane 1990; Tsao, Feng-fu, 1990; Xing Fuyi, 2001. Shaughnessy Edward (University of Chicago) The Casting of the Shi Wang Ding and Its Significance for the Presentation of Writing in Ancient China Key words: Shi Wang ding 師望鼎 , bronze inscriptions, bronze casting, Western Zhou, presentation of writing In 2005 the Art Institute of Chicago purchased the important inscribed Western Zhou bronze vessel Shi Wang ding 師望鼎 from a private collector in Hong Kong. In this paper, I present some considerations of the vessel and its inscription. I begin with a brief reconsideration of the date of the Shi Wang ding, propos- ing that it was made in the late Western Zhou dynasty, c. 800 B. C. Next, I consider how the Shi Wang ding was cast. Before buying the vessel, the Art Institute subjected it to an extensive series of X-rays, which showed that the wall of the vessel bearing the inscription is the only part of the vessel that does not contain gas bubbles. I suggest that the vessel was intentionally cast in such a way as to reduce to a minimum these casting flaws in the area of the inscription. Finally, I discuss the significance of this casting technique for the presentation of writing in ancient China. Skrabal Ondrej (Charles University) Pragmatic Taxonomy of Final Formulaic Phrases inWestern Zhou Bronze Inscriptions and Some Implications for the Study of Social Aspect of Early Chinese Epigraphy Key words: structure of bronze inscription, Western Zhou, formulaic phrases, epigraphy, textual pragmatic Formulaic phrases ubiquitous in final portions of Zhou dynasty bronze inscriptions have been repeat- edly subject of close semantic scrutiny, however, the basis for treating them as a single unit of identical nature has been more a formal analysis rather than a structural one. While the tripartite structure is basically acceptable (von Falkenhausen 1993), I argue that more important than the change in perspective or theme is the change in pragmatic nature of the inscriptional text, which can be, following J. L. Austin (1962),