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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
1 K, F2 ~( h" q: ZInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the, @& g# L6 F+ k3 h
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
* G* {4 {& A& N, kand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial1 u. q% z& S; w* H2 e8 a" P
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
8 F7 h) H' Q8 w: n' S" q/ L% d* \1 _retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
% ~5 q$ a. ]. T* I3 v& nA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=* E; ?$ u3 u2 x z' T
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
6 U/ n3 [- U0 ]5 K" d* R( R/ J(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving1 \/ E* ^8 K) h5 u# m/ r# K5 c* W x
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
% M" y2 U9 l; w+ @/ k! Npossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset7 A2 h4 Z$ q' E2 o
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
9 J& D1 j5 m; Z+ Wsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- K! L5 h& u5 s2 a' j* o: q; T/ asemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
& N0 I q) d" p- w. ^ V+ cend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 I( n- I9 {/ b
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,# v* G1 F0 f; q( P' k* d
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) |0 p, W& e' a, O& [5 y: `& t
, V) e$ w, F- l) d(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)7 q0 s& r. k1 Y/ ~4 I1 i4 V6 g
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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