The word"you"appears 557 times in The Book of Songs,293 times as a notional word,and 241 times as a function word(including both notional words and function words).When the word"you"is used as a content word,it can be divided into six types:verbs,interchangeable words as"friends",interchangeable words as"again",interchangeable words as"domain",proper nouns(cooperated with other phrases)and adjectives.The use of"you"as a function word mainly refers to the use of"you"as a syllable auxiliary.On the basis of clarifying the part of speech of"you"and distinguishing the meaning of"you"in combination with specific verses,we can analyze the grammatical functions and cultural connotations of"you"in three aspects:acting as a syntactic component of verses,setting off syllables to construct verses,and cooperating with formulaic language to construct verses.
The Book of Songsthe word"you"exegesisgrammatical functioncultural connotation