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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ Q7 s& ~3 x% I" aInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
$ T$ ^9 @# q3 f. qsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
: Z6 n1 C2 G Xand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 c1 V; q* h+ e, ]+ ]
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
% T+ Y9 c8 e- {( h Mretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
( s( n9 d$ S, t" c! _A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
. x- O9 g* a. Y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
) l$ [( @4 f% X; X(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
: i; r; @& ^/ C- K& Cretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on9 i. e3 w) |3 g
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
' h% p8 `- ?2 ^5 |5 s! l(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
& t! m8 V; Z; Q% |* U1 ]segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! U# e" p& M8 C* ~7 ~
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
$ ^7 P$ i5 N. R9 w4 rend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
( x+ \3 R A% Z, kcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
& S4 Q. n5 `' R2 c8 n" xthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..+ J( W! S& M* u* {+ A' P# D
" [+ s |; a6 C& i! @(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
; ?8 Q. ~) [* B; Y" b, o( \: g# [and American speakers of English, |
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狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
