研究古代语言,在语料的使用上与研究现代汉语不同:研究现代汉语除了依靠书面语言以外,还可以直接分析现代人的口语材料;而研究古代语言,却只能依靠历代以来留存下来的文献资料。书面语言的载体是文字。语言本来是一种瞬息即逝的东西,自从有了文字作为载体,语言就可以藉此而保留下来,这是文字的功劳。但是伴随着文字记録语言的功用,却产生了书面语不能 The study of ancient languages ​​is different from the study of modern Chinese in the use of corpus. In addition to relying on written language to study modern Chinese, it is also possible to directly analyze the spoken language materials of modern people. To study ancient languages, however, can only rely on the literatures and materials . The carrier of written language is text. Language has always been a fleeting thing, since the text as a carrier, the language can be retained by this, which is the credit for writing. However, with the function of the written record language, it can not produce written language