The functions of intonation in English and central Kurdish: A phonological comparative study

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الملخص

This thesis investigates the functions of intonation in both English and Central Kurdish (henceforth CK). Within the framework of Generative Theory, functions such as grammatical, attitudinal, information arrangement, discourse, psychological, and indexical are phonologically compared in both languages to identify the principles and parameters controlling various aspects of intonation functions. The thesis also discusses the typology of CK within the theoretical categorization of languages according to how pitch changes are used. Despite the existence of various studies on intonation in CK, no previous investigation has compared the functions of intonation in English and CK. This study fills that gap by comparing the intonational functions of CK to those of English. The significance of the findings lies in adding another language to the list of spoken languages that use pitch variation at the phrase level and above, thereby supporting the universality of pitch variation usage. As it is reported to be a more suitable approach for interpreting the functions of intonation, the **British Approach** is used as the framework for analyzing the data. Supporting evidence for each function is drawn from commonly used expressions in daily conversations, while rarely used expressions are avoided. The results of the study show significant similarities between English and CK in the use of pitch variation for information arrangement, discourse, psychological, and indexical functions. Meanwhile, in grammatical and attitudinal functions, some differences were found in the intonation patterns associated with various clause types and conveyed attitudes. Another finding of the study is that CK can be categorized as an **intonation language**, similar to English. On the other hand, differences in the use of patterns for certain functions—such as using falling, level rising, falling-level rising, falling-rising, and high rising with imperatives in English, but either high falling or low falling in CK—support the claim that despite the universality of pitch variation, language-specific rules govern intonation across different languages.

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التعريف والنوع

رقم الوثيقة

0db8df06-3e37-46c5-bd86-0ddc8de44f34

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نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

رسائل ماجيستير

نوع الملف

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أسماء الملفات

0db8df06-3e37-46c5-bd86-0ddc8de44f34_1.pdf

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ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

The functions of intonation in English and central Kurdish: A phonological comparative study

المحتوى والصفحات

عدد الصفحات

0

كلمات الباحثين

Intonation - English phonology - Central Kurdish (CK) - Generative Theory

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Twana Saadi Hamid

الإعداد

Tola Najm Taha

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