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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
) L. a! S7 C- f, t6 MInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 | c2 }0 M2 N0 |2 f
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
7 [0 M- E0 n% ~3 ]1 S& u8 N8 _and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
, x9 c& U B: a) e z(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of, a1 ]: L# E) i3 I' x9 B* D2 O
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
3 b. | D8 {/ E5 `+ NA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
6 v+ r5 m- o$ I3 S, Y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
- X+ M/ O( j7 h(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
* q2 b$ c% A9 u) D- g- t9 |/ B, [retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
! L$ D8 |5 l* o# e3 D% W" t$ [" hpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& z: t: J2 I6 w: i* Y8 ?$ E
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
" n4 L" k6 ~' T0 w7 F1 g; N: Bsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a/ ^ }# T8 h1 X
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.2 _) m2 P; G4 K1 X% _- R2 O& z
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In/ P. K; C! U ^) s; u+ N
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,, j! x: F+ F2 k% g
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..7 t) r+ w' q% K% U& U$ ~
2 O" k3 _6 {$ v( x(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
$ q2 u, f( M0 k3 ]- land American speakers of English, |
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