語言交際總是圍繞着一定的交際目的而發生的，受限於特定的交際目的，實際交際中的語言內容總是在特定話題框架內被運用，不可能是被使用語言的系統、全面呈現。一般的情況只能是這樣的：由於交際目 標所規定的話語框架的作用力，實際交際中的語言內容都會形成有限的熱點，在語言熱點的範圍內，所使用語言的實際內容會得到相對真實的全面呈現。而在這種熱點之外，語言中實際存在的內容難免會不同程度地失去在交際過程中露臉的機會，有的甚至完全處於交際言語的盲區。
對於先秦出土文獻來說，話題類型的關注具有特別重要的意義，因爲這一斷代的出土文獻相對經典傳世文獻而言，每每具有各自特定的應用性目標，因此尤具話題的特異性，這也就意味着用看待一般傳世文獻的眼光來看待先秦出土文獻，而忽略它們相對特異的話題對其文獻語言狀況的制約和影響，往往會導致認識的偏差。甲骨卜辭，作爲迄今所見最早的出土文獻材料，其話題類型的確認，無疑可以爲先秦出土文獻話題類型的研究提供一種最接近源頭的參照系。

This thesis is on the initial evaluation of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions concerning divination as historical corpus, which is based on the data from word classification by meaning in the Oracle Bones from Xiaotun Locus South. The contents of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions concerning divination, such as “sacrifices”, “social appellations”, “wars” and “administration” , though not a degree, all have high frequency and concentration on words, and are relatively complex. The contents of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions concerning divination, such as “the divination”, “climate phenomenons”, “dates”, “natures and states” and “abstract actions”, though not a degree, all have high frequency and concentration on words, and are relatively simple. The contents of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions concerning divination, such as “livestock”, “climate phenomenons”, “wars”, “buildings” and “beasts”, though not in high frequency of words due to universality, are all relatively hot topics when horizontally compared with other Xianqin unearthed literatures. The various kinds of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions concerning divination above,though not a degree, all can truely reflect the language in Yin Dynasty to some extent, and therefore be as the corpus for certain research that is effective enough. However, various kinds of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions concerning divination lack the effectiveness in different degree.

1. 話題與分類
  1.1 關於分類
  1.2 關於歸類
2. 小屯南地甲骨卜辭用字分類
  2.1 用字義類數量分布概況
  2.2 話語熱點分析
3. 小屯南地甲骨卜辭話語熱點存在狀況的總體評估

• 劉志基(華東師範大學中國文字研究與應用中心教授) | Liu Zhiji