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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The8 a7 o& L" C9 B
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the. C, \4 L# c Y# r8 g* _
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,) ?8 b5 u% h* F1 }: n
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial: f; f2 }& L+ w% C# y
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
}" }$ B( ]" ]) \6 _4 wretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).1 X! D6 g7 ]5 L% f' M% C: I
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
E5 ]6 i1 \, J4 H; r& h4 N[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”], Z1 C1 U! N; e$ y6 E; W `4 u$ p
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving9 |6 M7 t4 ], a5 e7 X0 I
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on; z1 z% P- L6 j1 A1 Q
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& r( h3 ]: N2 x5 \3 L+ D/ F
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
0 S# T# {* R: i) j" }4 Tsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a6 Z1 L& N K( w. }" }+ _6 |
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
: C3 Y4 I: k. I2 j1 p3 O7 iend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In- c: L# n8 o0 `2 F% }
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,& n* l1 x: i4 G- J" L
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..% [' s% `) Y! r: w. Q: F
! @: n3 K. D8 i(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)+ }+ i5 d. x& s; \
and American speakers of English, |
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