本論文以淸代王引之《經傳釋詞》中的語氣詞為研究對象。《經傳釋詞》雖以辭書的型態寫成，但其後蘊含語法系統。本文透過「繫聯」和「類聚」的方式，建構《經傳釋詞》中語氣詞系統。 本論文「緒論」，略述《經傳釋詞》以前的「虛詞研究」。並藉由《經傳釋詞》已有的研究成果，說明《經傳釋詞》本身的作者、編排方式、研究方法。此外說明「虛詞」、助詞及「語氣詞」的名義和特殊性。 第二章「從『助字』到『語氣詞』」，說明詞類系統中，從「助詞」到「語氣詞」的轉變。並略述幾種對語氣詞不一樣的解釋。第三章「論『語氣詞』」則對這些解釋加以討論，並確立本文研究語氣詞的理論基礎。 第四章透過「繫聯」、「類聚」的方式，釐清詞條之間的關係和系統，並說明此研究方法的效力和局限。第五章論句末語氣詞。本章主要論述最常見的句末語氣詞「也」、「矣」、「耳」、「焉」。 第六章論疑問句和句末語氣詞的關係，並說明常出現在疑問句句末的語氣詞「乎」、「歟」、「邪」、「哉」的不同意義。此兩章都以《經傳釋詞》所舉的例子為主要的討論對象，一方面可解決這些語氣詞本身糾纏的問題，一方面則可看出王引之如何解釋這些詞語。 第七章則屬於綜合論述。主要討論兩個句末語氣詞研究的相關問題。一個是「反問句」，一個則是「句末語氣詞連用」。在結語中，總結本文成果。 ;The main object of this dissertation is the "mood words" in Wang yin-zhi′s An Exposition of the Functional Words in the Confucian Classics (Texts and Commentaries). Although this work is edited in the form of a dictionary, we find that there is some implicated grammatical significance in it. We shall endeavor to explicate this significance, by means of "linkage" and "grouping", in order to construct the system of mood words therein. In the introduction, I.e. Chapter 1, we shall firstly sketch the achievement of study of the "function words" of this work. On this ground, we shall proceed to a general study of the author,arrangement and methodology of this work. The distinctions and relations of the nominal meaning between "function words", "auxiliary words" and "mood words" will be initially clarified. In chapter 2, we shall proceed to a further specification and elaboration of such distinctions and relations. As a result, the foundation of a theory of "mood words" will be laid in chapter 3. In chapter 4, 5 and 6 some methodological considerations of "linkage" and "grouping", including the procedural and appraisal aspects will be raised and clarified through the description and explanation of the "sentential mood words" as the data supplied by Wang′s work. In chapter 7, the synthesis of the last three chapters will be extended to two problems concerning "sentential mood words", namely, the so-called "rhetoric questions" and "the combinative use of sentential mood words". The last section of this chapter is the conclusion of the whole dissertation.
