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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
% B9 f7 V; t1 g9 D% @Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the/ d( n5 L. n3 K: d
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,( i3 q2 a3 L6 c. T+ {: J, ?+ ^
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
$ J6 `( L/ _* i* e8 E) {) W(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
2 O* y# u+ k. c) j9 Dretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
( f' r8 T* z6 o% e% K) ~A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=$ u+ p3 K" \7 T& x, C& m
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: V2 f! P% }. }; g(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
i+ r# a9 D; ~ h% O* ]retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
# P8 r4 S% f1 T4 s/ q/ g3 F* p( l+ Rpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset5 _: ^; `' J" H g! g; ]
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two8 y9 O8 i+ U# O8 K
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a% L! M$ k5 g _" k$ e& B7 q# l- [* T
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
, G n( N+ ?9 H+ Y( l; y" x, Q7 |end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In8 Q0 E' Y3 t* V% t" G& u
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,* P# M! E- L) N8 T J7 g
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.., Q- m& c8 X6 [0 w8 B7 ?5 v; f$ U
) t6 J4 r3 L" m5 d7 T8 W7 J2 N(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)) f4 l' L s% I+ T" U6 a- Z+ f, h6 u
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狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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