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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
( b/ M; o. T9 o* M ^Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the, n U/ x" k! I9 W
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,- H" B' F2 y" j* |. X
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial. v$ O3 d+ n/ a5 M3 n" Y# s2 @$ k& T8 R
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
" }! {& \1 d! r& i2 h$ P! |retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
1 c* @8 p9 v* t3 M4 IA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=* V3 \ {( q8 {
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]: T; G, {9 _ \! k' B/ @" q
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
1 v+ x3 m) v8 H, k* @. @0 Kretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on: S# u3 X( Z3 ` A' H
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, v% [3 O" @% H% P; [5 [
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
' u& a u$ e0 B2 O, {7 r! psegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
# [7 |( w4 s1 R+ tsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
! c7 x0 }* Y+ a/ V" o! gend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
5 H ?/ a, _' f. ~5 Ocompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 d4 q$ v' b0 s0 Gthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..# P2 R) A& R6 l: e$ \9 M$ q: _
0 J' Z6 ?% A* b- i% L: H(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)+ j$ ^' M) e% `$ p# }. h% y
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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