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98 12 237-257 Providence Forum: Language and Humanities Vol.III, No.1(December 2009), 237-257 The Syntax Problems of Oracle-bone Inscriptions: A Case Study of a Set-phrase Mou-Chu-Yu-Mou Huei-Shian Peng 238 靜宜語文論叢第三卷第一期 Providence Forum, III: 1 (Dec 2009) Abstract Oracle-bone inscriptions have been carefully investigated for over one hundred year since the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). In recent years, Western linguistists have joined the rank of studies in oracle-bone inscriptions, and so syntactical problems have come into being. Many scholars have enquired into either word-to-word phrasing or full inscription reading. The study of syntactic issues began with Guan Xie-chu (1944-2000), followed by numerous scholars devoted to various aspects of the linguistic issue surrounding the oracle bones. They hope to understand the true meaning latent in the oracle-bone inscriptions. To clarify the syntactical difficulties is essential to the understanding of oracle-bone inscriptions. This article has attempted to syntactically analyze a controversial set-phrase, mou-chu-yü-mou (a certain person assigned somewhere to attend to the pasturing business). So far, the interpretation of this term has still incited divergences. For example, scholars like Yang Sheng-nan (1938-), Wang Yu-xin (1940-), and Zhong Bo-sheng have held that the character yü 于 should be regarded as a preposition. However, Others like Wei Ci-de considered that the yü 于 should be a verb. Owing to the differences in reading of th