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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
9 `3 r% ~) B6 P7 X3 CInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the4 U6 ?' o0 G5 u1 o1 O
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,5 x0 Q0 \0 v, M
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
5 y y5 b" ]6 n$ l4 D* V3 n(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of- v2 n ]' {. f
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
. Y6 p/ O0 I3 w( g0 N: EA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=8 j1 {8 h% t6 `! g8 N- a
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# U6 ^+ j- E! a) R' X" U& z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving% f7 m1 w8 v3 U- D& Q( O
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
& C6 g# P5 k5 Y" Kpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
$ f) k9 p( b% i7 s I; J(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two' H. F+ r' a' H! ~. Z+ I$ L% a {1 u
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a3 R' X- K w. m
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
/ m \' v4 a1 x$ P# L8 d' oend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In9 c- v! f9 K7 a: C% T' f& C/ T
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,3 Y3 J- {% R, \) n- N: f1 m2 N: V
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..& N: A7 B0 g0 i* R! Z4 `' S- H
( A, b6 H- d* C1 D(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); P" B _" ^- V, p
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狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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