 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
, g6 K- W9 R; \/ e8 U! fInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
& T ~5 y& h2 vsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,9 j( p; R- S+ D. j( n, J+ u
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
+ U* d2 d; m6 r# t(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of+ F* W" Y) }) _5 v% @: }
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
" A3 j. a7 c7 k1 W2 tA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# T: e @* i* W& P* Y8 t
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
) _7 ?0 D! P7 g2 W0 }(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving2 y' L% p5 V. b3 ]7 l! }5 o
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
8 h* h, }, D4 r A) ]2 epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset2 O" m6 v) i4 Z- ?* u) j
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
6 A. U! o! F8 d1 gsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a4 V' |, T- B: u% K, m
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" Q, M1 b# M3 D' Z$ m# {end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
# ]6 i) X( |2 k0 J. J2 ycompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
6 w( N9 h; X! Qthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..- z Y' o! h( N# U6 ?) d3 y
' R' G" G% _: d* K% X0 o* G( }! B(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)6 W3 g. X5 |6 E, g. O. U, [* Z5 j
and American speakers of English, |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
