Resumen de The intonation of Turkish Cypriot dialect: a contrastive and sociolinguistic interpretation

Kamile İmer, Nazmiye Çelebi

• As pointed out by researchers in earlier studies, different languages in the same geographical area tend to develop similar properties deviating from their original forms. One of the reasons for this development in different languages is related to dialect contact. In this study, the primary aim is to focus on the dialect contact between Turkish Cypriot Dialect (henceforth TCD) and Greek Cypriot Dialect (henceforth GCD) with specific reference to the intonation pattern of the interrogatives.