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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
) }( p6 }8 Q) G. Z' Y! IInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
* a4 D' ~3 x6 r; @$ [( Psyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
# X+ H6 ~1 d# s/ O; ~and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial8 ^2 b B5 x- V: O# i
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of; p) L. _* Y! R. x; e0 w1 g
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
1 t1 V4 D+ q; N4 r/ Y" HA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
$ A; [) N9 u2 s% |8 S[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]7 @% P9 w4 n$ @8 U
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
- B" ]6 n* v* R: |6 R% X0 }retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on4 N" Q$ g8 h6 v& s7 K% ?
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
' ^7 o ] w- W) S(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two& `! e4 B- O. R, |* I/ ^6 v
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
" J1 J+ O9 j& \$ a1 d$ `, X) n9 e5 `! _semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
' ^+ r- v0 O. Yend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In. `% R& I; m/ ~% y0 G% m: W4 x1 n2 H
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
/ m* R% B& Y4 h8 a' i7 \/ ]the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) }. G& v& D4 |; N+ k# d) Y, O, }
# M6 X8 w& u( X' x$ h
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)6 ?+ U* C' w: e8 H; A
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发表于 2009-4-18 08:18
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