A Corpus-based Study of the Transcription Rules of Chinese charactersfor Mongolian in the Secret History of the Mongols

本研究以《蒙古秘史》译本中出现的蒙古语与汉字对应关系的平行语料库为基础，对《蒙古秘史》译本中的蒙古音与汉字的对应关系进行了全面的研究，得出了《蒙古秘史》译本中的蒙古音与汉字的对应规则，其中包括音符对应规则、特殊音符对应规则、音外牵涉规则。另一方面，本研究考察了蒙古音与汉字在抄写过程中形成的807种对应关系。同时，肯定了汉字抄写的各项功能，力图从整体上把握《蒙古秘史》中汉字抄写公式的视角

Based on the Parallel Corpus for the correspondence relations between the Mongolian language and the Chinese characters appeared in the transcribed version of the Secret History of the Mongols, this study has comprehensively researched the correspondence between Mongolian sound and Chinese character in the transcription, and derived the transcription rules which include the regulations of the ‘Correspondence of Sound’, the ‘Special Transcription’, and the ‘Involvement of the Features other than the Sound’. On the other hand, this study has examined 807-kinds of corresponding relations between Mongolian sound and Chinese character formed in the transcription. Meanwhile, it confirmed each function of Chinese character transcription and tried to grasp a n overall perspective of formulas of Chinese character transcription in the Secret History of the Mongols