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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
2 N: e5 \3 \* U0 v* [/ FInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
$ y( a P* C- d4 {8 g" M7 Esyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
+ n2 D( H/ u9 Kand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial0 n/ B1 }" G, T! |9 {
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of# o: K) H7 s" M) E N* j8 v
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).& |4 c9 H) d* L9 R" ^$ f
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
/ f& Q7 [, y! R t* y1 m[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”], s9 W1 F! Y5 D' i0 e1 q
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
s9 o3 T5 p# l" Y! Xretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on& s$ V* ^# Y/ i
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset1 g; Y2 p% Y7 m
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two! @, A/ i# N0 V* M7 N. U$ r5 {
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
$ u* B" y4 r7 rsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
) }- k5 o2 \3 k. F9 c9 oend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
! ~) g# a- d5 rcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,$ _: V+ ]# O% v2 k
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..- P4 w3 X1 q, u5 K' ^0 t
- O3 y: K3 \! D/ k9 X J(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); r9 s/ _* l' u( @* K3 W7 D) s6 F, ~5 A
and American speakers of English, |
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
