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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ J1 N' d- _- E8 n, x4 r2 x+ Y* y1 b9 DInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
0 g) B4 l% o: |# k4 @syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( h1 [. W0 b5 N3 [! N/ tand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
( K7 e# W3 A8 x7 \(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 r3 O; S" K6 c, I# x
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).' h) `! G* x9 x7 y0 Z3 \
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
8 s# Z1 V1 C* [+ o! n[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
0 O# [5 @0 y$ m a' i(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving; K3 i& ?* O7 I5 K& _$ S/ ~5 w7 B, P
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
4 t0 g' C0 S7 n1 D5 ypossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
; `4 f' s+ Z" R3 Z. z7 \* m0 N(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
C+ K9 {: P9 X. n3 {segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
' X, I1 h' u7 usemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.5 u" A4 R5 M- l
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 J, g3 P, N' [; w5 }8 M
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
9 y( ]: S" W+ Xthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..0 B. e# c5 a: L
9 r2 M7 ?6 b g% Y2 S(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)+ v$ ~# r( M) p( n) r0 B4 }
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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