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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- B0 O8 F+ X3 z( r4 J. [8 MInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
" a/ U5 b, D! _9 ^* B0 o- isyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in," |0 v. O' ?# ?& M) v: ^2 m# q
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
* C- D" O l7 P( g$ S(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
6 k6 w# n6 q E# U$ Iretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).8 F: _4 n& I/ u# _+ B& Z. K
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
2 X& i5 z" d* X' z2 q% ~0 w[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! B: q8 ?& \7 B# H(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving9 R3 ` }0 F2 C) P8 d/ E' z* q
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on% B& s0 j9 j# B4 C3 I) K- u
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset+ k# A& R i! E$ J% u
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
: V$ }( T ?9 }: I9 F) Q8 Y7 lsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) M% s+ f' J/ p% S/ Q/ jsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ n. c9 E O- n% m }5 W6 h& v
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In1 g# N% Y; x" V; S( i# f
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
0 p6 P+ A7 p# ^; ~5 nthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..6 u# C) l, Y4 O* K3 b- q
. H7 Z# ^6 S, D( Y- n(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)# \0 O$ ]8 l T% {, v% P
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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
