Research Article

Constructing the Mandarin Phonological Network: Novel Syllable Inventory Used to Identify Schematic Segmentation

Table 5

Mandarin segmentation schemas according to the example monosyllables, lian2 /liɛn35/ and liao3 /lia/.

Without ToneWith Tone

C_V_C/l_iɛ_n//l_ia/C_V_C_T/l_iɛ_n_35//l_ia_214/
C_G_V_C/l_i_ɛ_n//l_i_a/C_G_V_C_T/l_i_ɛ_n_35//l_i_a_214/
C_G_V_X/l_i_ɛ_n//l_i_a_/C_G_V_X_T/l_i_ɛ_n_35//l_i_a__214/
C_G_VX/l_i_ɛn//l_i_a/C_G_VX_T/l_i_ɛn_35//l_i_a_214/
C_GVX/l_iɛn//l_ia/C_GVX_T/l_iɛn_35//l_ia_214/
CG_V_X/li_ɛ_n//li_a/CG_V_X_T/li_ɛ_n_35//li_a_214/
CG_VX/li_ɛn//li_a/CG_VX_T/li_ɛn_35//li_a_214/
CGVX/liɛn//lia/CGVX_T/liɛn_35//lia_214/