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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
% v# p& N4 m/ n; |7 j+ eInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the+ o; n8 k+ L% i4 |9 T! ~. [
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
9 n$ Y- R, Z* P( z9 Pand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial2 P% T3 B0 t' _& W/ h: d
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of6 z4 a3 I: F$ n
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).7 _" c9 q, {1 X6 n0 O) y
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=' W+ f/ [$ b& p
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]- f# A$ }. ~% I& o- z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving. `) x( A s- O4 q8 J
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on Z$ A6 b) I: p4 U
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset' S2 W- E* v0 h6 N: o7 b
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two1 M& N4 x; L* l' l8 ~* a i
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! ~3 C1 \9 Z1 s$ L# I
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.. |# y+ a- O' a& I& L. e
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In& ` E* A9 u( U
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
% T0 Z4 n6 }4 _ t; U: bthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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) d- }: e/ Y$ Z; l; g(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)4 H- w% m& f$ o$ [- F, r
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
