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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
* E. b1 Q8 t" A: `# eInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
: O$ Y2 O# z0 s) Nsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
; @: }6 o; h7 K& P/ L" J1 Vand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
7 A! C- F, e( ?; ?" i(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
6 H4 L* H# `4 z/ ^+ Nretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).# P4 a& _3 @& ^% g& M
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
' l% Z; k# E$ [3 ~" x[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]) G9 e; |1 i) ]7 e5 z: S6 } W
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving) \9 \$ P2 S; i' V# h
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
0 l. p& h) \( D9 U; ^! Vpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset3 P' x' f# n- v# F* J7 d
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two5 H; E. f' x9 }/ ]
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
% `* [0 R% l$ e/ {3 c+ V# wsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ j$ [2 ?7 `, f8 R
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 x" ]$ M W: G9 ]2 Ucompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,# C, G( l+ J7 ]
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..8 C, }4 ]/ N0 M8 z4 F# }
5 r9 R: O9 O1 c% Z! }# p1 M1 }(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
4 h: q7 r+ d9 r' l* u- F8 r- gand American speakers of English, |
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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