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" A Descriptive Account of Shahmirzadi Phonology "
Saadatyar, Minoo
Gebhardt, Lewis
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1054108
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TL53225
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Saadatyar, Minoo
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A Descriptive Account of Shahmirzadi Phonology\ Saadatyar, MinooGebhardt, Lewis
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Northeastern Illinois University
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2020
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M.A.
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2020
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74 p.
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Shahmirzadi is one of the endangered languages of Iran which is under the umbrella of West Iranian languages. There has been minimal published research on this language, and the researchers who have studied it have primarily investigated its morphology and syntax and have barely addressed its phonology. This thesis, therefore, discusses Shahmirzadi phonology and describes its phonological units, phonotactics, and suprasegmentals by looking into its phonemic inventory and distribution of sounds and allophonic variations. The thesis also proposes a description of syllable structure, segment sequence constraints, as well as stress and intonation patterns for Shahmirzadi. Furthermore, it compares the phonemic inventory and certain stress and intonational patterns of Shahmirzadi with the phonemic inventory, stress and intonational patterns of Modern Persian, the official language of Iran and the second language of Shahmirzadi speakers. The aforementioned aspects of Shahmirzadi phonology were studied in light of data obtained firsthand through fieldwork and from my interviews with three native speakers of this language. Overall, this research is an effort to record phonological aspects of an endangered language and contributes to its preservation.
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Linguistics
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Gebhardt, Lewis
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Northeastern Illinois University
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