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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ K" {6 Z; H$ N% J, W7 o$ G- qInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the* @5 m0 ]" K4 j$ o6 z2 ^' I* Y
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
1 L \2 m% {* u2 O; K( Wand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
; r2 D, M' C+ ~3 k8 Q% ?(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
- ]( }, ]0 N. G/ j- kretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
9 y# `, ?5 a( V6 p: VA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
" @% Q1 X0 v) K5 _1 |[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
6 v9 w; \1 d5 Q4 v, H' ^(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving L/ b: G; g/ j$ s( L
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
2 l# E' N6 |* X6 kpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset z5 R7 _0 Z8 D
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two- B* c8 s' M8 t' b- _7 }; L
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
$ K6 X; q% P; E& k* \# _+ Csemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" [9 M# L* o1 F& J Qend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In4 U" r9 f- [$ A
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,4 e2 Q' P; B4 w# x* s
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
4 E ~5 Y3 m$ G/ A' o
7 | [& g5 z$ `1 i6 u(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)+ d Q# u- d$ m
and American speakers of English, |
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狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
