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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
; @) _9 A% X) V! u( u! AInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
( b( Y8 ^' E# F& B! a9 g. b, ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
* X/ w4 Y$ B# i% F2 c+ H2 H! qand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
$ E) T' u+ o1 `) z- M& m(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
6 U* I5 ]- M' C% w% Iretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
& G% M' P9 X' F( V; I3 K9 U0 uA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
. Z: i8 X8 b: C7 d. p: ~" b5 l[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: N# g) D- I; R; d. X(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
3 Q, V3 [4 g$ c' G k& h" k7 jretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on: J3 U3 A- J0 R1 o2 j
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset+ ]6 d7 ^! ?! C, W6 u9 g' b% w
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
" c7 u( r: N: z( Jsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
5 W7 D3 [& X& G) bsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.& d5 n' I5 g: J% s& s+ I
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
~$ ?/ i; {2 e6 v+ \compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
7 T R3 P, A- d' |$ A3 g* nthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
$ a6 z1 i' d" Q t- a; y$ d' ]
0 X+ d, |/ _' U r& X(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)1 A0 Q4 Q/ q( H" N5 ~
and American speakers of English, |
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狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
提升卡
置顶卡
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显身卡
发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
