Patterns of Intonation in Central Kurdish A Study in Cognitive Phonology

The present study attempts to analyze intonation in Central Kurdish, the Sorani variety spoken Slemani Iraqi Kurdistan. Intonation refers pitch fluctuations used by a speaker express meanings. To carry out analysis, embraces theory of Cognitive Phonology. claim that there is relationship between linguistic expression and its meaning. Accordingly, it hypothesized meaning an utterance shaped particular speaker. has two aims. first show intonation, as suprasegmental feature, meaningful Kurdish. second using one pattern instead another result construal dimension perspective. As native Kurdish speakers, researchers are being sources data. One important finding because consequential. A change tone adds specific tint language.