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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- @: M; b3 C7 R$ jInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 ^* s3 e) }& _, ?5 u# v7 h
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,8 G" S! M5 \. U
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) H0 s' t5 C I
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
& ]' {: q8 q0 l9 ^retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
9 j s* M$ F5 m' O( D; K: _% R3 pA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
) g# N, E) K0 K- A" h[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]; F% z+ _; [& N {
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
0 s' m5 |7 P' g0 Z+ O6 \, zretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
7 o0 m& X- j& F- `- Vpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset$ w, W: P# v* `' h2 e e
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two% J3 |3 @! C; _' n# B0 ]
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a+ @' t# g( @# L
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
% o+ | g8 v- _% n: Dend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In$ P# j* | w, t+ Q2 H) n
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,0 I1 p9 p' K: {$ ]+ i7 g9 [
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..# ~% k* L; w0 r$ M
* s# m( l3 l: }& x( h
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)9 c" ^- b. n' u1 Z" p
and American speakers of English, |
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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