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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
4 f: Y% i' ]. Z. n8 c- mInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the! x" d5 l0 G4 a- i; M
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
# [ o$ V3 d9 E3 I' x( L+ D' F0 land uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
M. a O+ v( W2 Q2 g" x9 @; o: q(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 Z2 i. I9 F6 z' p( @
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)./ F3 \5 L/ l" J" I
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) ]) h( s1 b( D# o5 _
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# v* P; [& `6 _. y1 x9 M- a
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
. g) C. |; E0 W& z3 Aretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on* ?+ P6 c5 }% p9 }2 r. N$ M
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
& E. z% b; N% V/ e) G6 F7 r(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
* K5 @ l' _$ U; n9 Lsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) i$ s6 {. F. H! ?* W1 E1 i9 Osemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
S9 \ B1 K3 F+ zend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
! _. y" `# ?1 Acompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,$ Q V: t3 `& g; y* ?
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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# |/ S$ L; C# M' _0 V" v; E6 e2 ?( A j(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); D) \; w2 \* ~+ e" v/ l+ s
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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