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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The+ D. }: ^5 p! e6 Y8 ^
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the x( a$ E& A4 P6 z
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,: U' ]7 o8 ]( e1 K
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
1 q! A2 L4 C- H8 g1 f* S(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
2 r# o9 R. z6 d; c$ N7 ~, Z2 Wretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
5 H4 q/ [8 o7 b BA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=* I% l: t5 D; P l7 V
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]$ E; C! R1 N0 p ~
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving1 o2 P: n j4 K& R& s J1 E
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
( U A4 D! m$ lpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% A& H# f8 D* L
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
' y4 {) E5 M- Hsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a; G# D! d$ |0 l/ I
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.5 O; T v1 d- \
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
" D' ]& t$ i' S' O8 ]# `compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
8 G- Z& B( _/ c0 e3 Tthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
, g2 l% z) o9 U9 o# d$ h
# v" z- b: a O$ `. |0 c(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
4 O" t M7 _8 Zand American speakers of English, |
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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