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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The0 \2 A; H5 H3 [' D/ K) h6 j
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the1 o8 U/ [) S3 p% i! q9 x
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,; Q6 ^- X4 j9 N) W% A# d
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial2 n/ {4 ]- I* Z. r& v
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of% z1 w. O) t% e
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
) ] p# f" P2 I) lA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
1 K* r9 a* v' F6 ][y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
" p& t5 x" C$ I# d(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% h0 v$ Z5 G) c) [8 [# _+ }retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
9 O4 j5 N* D: t) n# Zpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
1 n; i/ C. A4 _3 Z(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two% Q9 V7 n; c* q9 m4 Z( R% m6 D
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! k5 r) C& S5 N$ u
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.8 U6 X! h0 S5 i, _* d0 d9 V
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
4 T8 ?' l( q2 C# dcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,/ ?* \" A5 @- I" D
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..& K7 P4 j7 R T% b
|7 W( _3 d* l* S% m$ p$ _(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)3 F! W/ z+ @! ~/ ?2 U8 ^* w
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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