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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
0 h( W. v8 J% \6 T% }) zInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
0 o0 t. ?! ~5 V: H) { w" O) i4 l# N5 Rsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
; o5 Z% J3 T# C! `$ V$ {- ~5 Land uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial% u% g1 F/ v7 c4 V
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of' R. c u4 [; i) n8 [& H g
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
# S, F9 _4 z: M9 e2 Q% D0 NA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
8 t( g# O4 w" ~, z[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
* r* d' O7 @' g8 J(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving8 h# U* o0 }7 S w5 y5 O
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on; \0 N! k9 B) i. k4 G
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
4 i) o9 G0 g6 n3 z(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two+ C, b2 g0 p/ B, W9 C! b
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
; z- ~5 E$ s' Y- e0 v1 o3 m% I( bsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.7 `( y8 e$ ^' X- V9 ~
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In1 \: I9 ?& v% ~5 |- g4 q! j
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
9 O0 P4 g4 z$ V% Qthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..4 A& b- Y. @3 q: H' J7 b
2 v1 G: @$ }: f% S- p) y9 C" U9 v
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)2 N$ e3 W' Q }+ T5 y
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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