西夏詩の脚韻に見られる韻母について : 『三世属明言集文』所収西夏語詩

Abstract

There is a unique Tangut material in Institute of Oriental Studies (St.-Petersburg branch), inventory No. 4166 titled 『三世属明言集文 (San shi shu ming yan ji wen)』. It has some rhyming verses which would contribute to the study of Tangut phonology. The verses were accompanied by the comment [Figure omitted] 'pay attention to sound (rhyme)'. This kind of material has not been well-known except the report of Nishida (1976). The aim of this paper is linguistic reanalysis of Tangut rhyming poetry in view of the Tangut phonology based on the rhyme dictionaries. Tangut verses in question have following features; 1) Almost rhyme ends in the particular front vowels identified in Tangut rhyme dictionaries. The cardinal vowel of rhyming is/ e/ which has been reconstructed from other materials. 2) Those vowels almost belong to the third grade in rhyme table. Main correspondence between the rhymes is as follows; [Table omitted]