Tone Value Of Rhyme "(?)" In Mandarin

The Correspondence between Ancient and Medieval Mandarine Ryhme "z" and the Korean Semi-alveolar "" in the 15th centuryThough there are many theories concerning the Rhyme "z" in Mandarin Chinese, none of them have a definite answer as to the tone value of Rhyme "3", which has led to a lot of problems, especially in the teaching of Mandarin as a foreign language, even in the domestic teaching of Chinese. The consequence has been that students can not properly master the knowledge and skills in producing Rhyme "z". This thesis aims to tackle the problems by pinning down to the tone value of Rhyme "z".As Chinese characters were borrowed into Korean very early (BC108-AD372), the Chinese language has played an important role in modeling the phonetic system of Korean. So investigation into the change of Korean Rhyme "3". According to the record of the 15th-century Korean semi-alveolar "A" and the Ancient and Medieval Mandarin Rhyme "z", the Korean "Training People to the Correct pronunciations" (1443) had its origin in the Chinese "Hongwu Correct Pronunciations". Based on the facts mentioned above and the investigation of the evolution of the semi-alveolar "A" in the sixteenth century, we come to a conclusion as the following: The tone value of modem Mandarin Rhyme "3", which is a voiced affricate and which doesn't meet the condition as a "25" rhyme, is wrong. The pronunciation of Rhyme "z" claims the same category with the back lateral sound, while its manner of articulation claims the same category with laterals and nasals. So it would be more appropriate and reasonable to treat Rhyme "2;" as a general non-affricate.