This article presents an overview of several significant aspects of the phonology of Uyghur
(ISO: uig; pronounced [ʊjˈʁʊr]; Turkic: China). In addition to summarising previous …

This dissertation investigates backness harmony in Uyghur (Turkic: China) from a variety of
methodological and analytical perspectives. Backness harmony is a phenomenon where …

In this paper we present a preliminary intonational model for Uyghur (Turkic: China). We use
acoustic measurements to support the claim that Uyghur is a stress language that only uses …

This article explores the role of transfer and Universal Grammar (UG) in second language
(L2) phonology by investigating the L2 acquisition of stress/prominence in footless …

This paper, based on Chinese and Uyghur language contact data collected through
fieldwork, discusses in detail Uyghur speakers' acquisition of Mandarin tones. Uyghur …

Intonations in different languages serve the universal function of conveying communicative
information and expressing affective meaning, while the prosodic encoding of the same …

Turkic languages have been shown to form words using a wide range of word-formation
strategies, such as suffixation, cliticization, and auxiliaries. The present paper offers a …

In this paper, I describe a grammaticalization path in Uyghur that produces tense-
aspectmodality suffixes from auxiliary verb constructions. I identify five stages in the path …

The acquisition of Mandarin Chinese tones is difficult for Kazakh learners. Previous
researches were mainly cross-sectional studies, while a few developmental studies. In the …

Results of an acoustic study of stress are presented in order to investigate evidence for
rhythmic secondary stress in Kabardian and Nganasan and vowel quality-based primary …