Phonemic inventory of the Shor language

<p>This thesis describes the phonemic inventory and morphophonological properties of the Shor language. Shor is a Turkic language spoken in southwest Siberia, in the area designated as Mountainous Shoriya. It is one of more than 100 minority languages spoken in the territory of Russia, and it is currently on the verge of extinction. The language is characterized by agglutinative morphology, vowel harmony, and consonant assimilation typical of Turkic languages, which are discussed in the project. The main phonological processes, morphotactics, and some aspects of grammar are described and discussed in this thesis. Along with the discussion of the morphophonology of Shor, the paper describes the geographic spread of the language, including important ethnographic and sociolinguistic data and information.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English Language and Literature

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Kazagasheva, Uliana

Contributors dc:contributor

• Veronica Grondona
• Beverley Goodman

• endangered
• language
• linguistics
• Russia
• Shor
• Turkic
• Arts and Humanities
• English Language and Literature

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/838

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-2210