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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
2 f; F9 J' \7 p5 B( T8 {! j1 V4 zInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the) [- e4 ?1 |& O% m( L9 [ t
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
- m8 c. M7 F: D( f* tand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
5 `% G- s/ c! ?% m(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
8 M& |& V$ \( u/ a8 xretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
4 h' S [( ?* C% Y0 _3 {A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
, }9 N0 ]( O6 N5 d& F% b* ?[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]5 N( c% J6 B2 U3 E
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving9 l- _1 W; c. h: v
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
Q. Y( [0 E2 J# ~0 kpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 N: R% J% Z3 _2 `& x(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
0 I1 k3 v% _8 zsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! c$ u: s+ V) j
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
7 P) @8 u& X8 j# a5 ^# wend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In) x9 t6 b. i& H/ g# t6 o+ |0 o
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
- J/ x9 U$ B u$ t" Z# qthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." v3 S0 [* O; f2 x: p& {
6 T+ L9 B1 Z% G% f0 M(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)2 x, w/ }) D2 \6 R# ]9 ^7 ~
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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发表于 2009-4-18 10:05
