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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
* l9 Z* P. N8 c% ^Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the& S8 ^+ H9 b: I: [( U9 ^+ n) p
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in, d8 v K/ H5 o4 W
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! O- [+ T. l$ g5 t; z/ K
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of+ c0 H6 r o1 @7 P
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
- ]2 ?& y2 i: ^" zA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=0 g: R3 M& Y$ \; v
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]4 J7 h) m+ ?$ Z6 b
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
/ r3 D0 G, Y& _$ V; Cretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on% ]# @. D v# R
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
0 ]6 _+ [5 \" a1 C(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two; F. o% V! \; X8 Q, K
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a0 Q4 a& w8 V+ B! F, S5 F" `
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.; o! I7 @( p( F
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In3 S2 ^5 o$ F; ^9 j! R2 T
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 B% q4 v, Q1 v* y. O
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
# y+ N- W, { m3 R, d8 d- @: Q4 @
2 t+ c+ K \1 L5 A* E5 d(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)! W. D7 j) V1 G# d; R
and American speakers of English, |
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
