普通话音节结构再分析——从韵律研究的角度

A Prosodic Approach to the Syllable Structure of Standard Chinese

比较汉语音节结构传统分析与现代音系学分析的异同,可以根据语音学和音系学研究,在非线性音系学的框架内提出关于普通话音节分析的最简方案。亦即,普通话音节分为首音和韵两部分,首音包括传统分析中的声母和韵头(介音),韵包括韵核与韵尾,对应于传统分析中的韵腹和韵尾。介音不再被看作是音节中占有时段的实体,而是看作声母的特征。韵不管是只有韵核还是韵核加韵尾,都包含两个韵素,占两个时位。普通话音节均为包含两个韵素(莫拉)的长音节。

Based on experimental phonetic studies and phonological analyses, a framework of standard Chinese syllable structure is developed. This paper argues that the nasal or off- glide of a diphthong is coda, instead of nuclear, and that the glide is a feature of onset, instead of the first part of rhyme. It means that the full syllable in standard Chinese has two parts, onset and rhyme. There are three kinds of onset, namely, C （consonant）, G （glide）, and CG, and there are two kinds of rhyme, V （vowel） and VK （nasal or off- glide）. No matter whether a syllable is a V or a VK, it has two morn. Full syllables in standard Chinese are all long syllables.