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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
0 C* o" F4 C6 n3 v/ y' CInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
e( { |7 p6 w9 Zsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,* ?( B) ^) ^( n0 }6 n l6 V6 M
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
/ O- I" _4 k6 A' G! ?(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 E. Q7 w. l: P; V" }
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
- a- Q, |7 ]8 X5 q0 d( n/ dA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
# l; u- W6 g" C) S9 }[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
- N3 Q- T7 y4 a8 \(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving" m( e* a: P* J l$ I: m/ I- D1 e5 }
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on+ L( i2 Y: a: E1 c0 d- P0 j8 B
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
# a; l& c( R2 u* j. D+ c! d/ a! M(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
, h. F d' G4 E! W% E) Bsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a, x" \1 j% e" ~# ]6 r
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.: @( X# Y* W+ d/ D
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In4 f5 [/ X: c7 |/ Q, N9 M$ _8 k
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,- f4 r( F8 ]) N# z/ |7 S2 ]2 r8 p) U
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
- E! Y8 g9 V. b4 v( U- x( L9 U
& E7 g: v. u3 Z; q$ U; x1 q/ M(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)1 \; ^3 A" P5 a4 D0 g5 z5 N$ O: a- ]) P
and American speakers of English, |
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狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
