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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
& P0 E9 ~/ k6 B) {/ w) FInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
j o9 f& m0 @9 Msyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
8 d; O- { Q5 o/ I: jand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
) {" B6 a% ]0 R8 E) p: e0 x- B n. C(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 G& f7 m7 n5 ^7 r3 h) P
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
4 |. \/ t7 Z! r4 s/ mA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
, q/ ^4 P( S5 ~6 i- i' V' |0 z[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
( O" Z t2 i! d% P, `6 b$ P(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
+ p; U9 r9 ?3 o6 X! Dretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on" q1 G7 S/ V% J) h$ \* L( I
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset* v% I3 x# J$ c2 s; c0 e. O/ o
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two; S" V$ Q+ c9 v9 ^8 {
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) i, U& {. y1 c9 K2 Z0 l6 x2 msemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 x4 v0 c3 @0 T1 V9 E
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In$ g+ n% H% U$ k, ?* ~
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 W# A% Y4 n+ V! a- ?- v' Bthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
7 z' x! X" B; }. I
9 N0 r0 ]" s/ e/ B0 \* Q% }: c4 c& Q(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
& J i, b: W7 ]/ F9 N3 D8 k9 band American speakers of English, |
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