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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
# K( `5 P, X/ n P+ W) S. l( ^Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
% \1 ?7 C0 Y) ]9 A: T* Nsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
; c D/ w/ q* a4 k) `and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
0 Q% w+ z8 B& @2 L" c) T0 k(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of7 C) [+ }- ^+ c8 k. T$ F
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).. ^" ~/ E+ t; {8 M0 @" r$ k _& _
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=. [( S3 x/ d1 L! s
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]' t. ]! ]: O( M6 L. t& x
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% G7 t! X: q& M- d* |retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
5 J3 t* T! M& {2 G C; Ypossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
5 V1 M% J. G$ x$ h; T; z6 V(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two' G5 E7 n; H" a) q5 |. H- q
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- _, v# u4 Z3 L' D9 i4 z0 _semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
6 O3 E2 N7 n; K2 S/ g$ `end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
) p0 ~7 ~! h! b8 P: ccompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,: B4 o6 s |' | N- _% i. w
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
p$ P" O6 K8 g g( M- K; _2 U0 [; `; Q
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)2 k9 S# z+ h, G0 `
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狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
