Abstract
This paper examines the construction pattern in which what is normally taken as a verb or verb phrase is nominalized by the main verb yu 有／又 or wang 亡. It suggests a hypothesis that such a construction conveys a sense of "emphasis" or entails a function of "contrast." The hypothesis is tested against actual inscriptions, and its adoption would account for some out-of-the-ordinary situations in which certain sacrificial activities were carried out by certain classes of people and/or directed toward certain ancestors.
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