"(Wei)N shi V"[(唯)N是V]-Type of Pre Qin Chinese Is the Shortened Form of the Sentence-Type with Linking Verb
About the sentence of"(wei)N shi V"-type,old solutions all have some difficult questions.Some examples prove that this style is"(Wei)N is A-suo(所)V"."Shi"is a linking verb.Some problems that linking verb theory comes across also can get a smooth explanation.--This greatly expanded the existence of the copula"Shi"in the pre Qin period."S"seems to be a copula of the common ancestor(i.e.the primitive Han-European language)of the Great Eurasian language family.
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