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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The5 I! ?5 W: O/ {8 Z& z
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
5 w2 A; N5 z) w" _8 Z9 Ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
$ @# x& w: \! v, m3 J/ v, |and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial0 m. a0 F8 d- Q4 K$ ~
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of) N3 f$ c/ m1 C6 o, s
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
9 h' A/ Z$ x/ O7 \* w! X/ }' pA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
4 n3 p3 k3 L1 B1 Z. t: Z& Q[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]1 Q! g& h6 x: l( u7 _; a p
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving) z% l0 R/ u7 G+ m/ C
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
$ o3 D; W3 r, _) l6 H2 ~" fpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset* F) {& h- M* z$ ^4 |: u9 m
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two6 U, C4 }8 Z" a0 D, ^
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
( V; d3 x1 ^9 Msemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.! ], |% m+ x- Q/ q9 N
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In: S4 S! t" F0 U/ A6 Y @$ S
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,- R4 H- J5 h5 m0 e
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
- k9 _( L8 Q, s
: @9 R4 J4 n8 L( O, q' \(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)! t3 h0 F9 H9 P& t# z
and American speakers of English, |
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