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Item Intonational realization of doubt and taunt in urdu assertive and kya-questions(UMT Lahore, 2022) Anam AminThe thesis represents the underlying system of different intonation patterns of Urdu speech. It illustrates that how different tonal patterns are possible against one syntactic structure depending upon different contexts and emotions. The study of Urdu intonation and its stress patterns is noteworthy in fields of Urdu language teaching as foreign language, speech pathology and in the development of artificial intelligence and machine-based translation systems. Present study based on scientific research methods explores the intonational patterns of Urdu assertive and declarative statements and Urdu kya-questions. The experiments and analysis are conducted to test the hypothesis that these Urdu assertive and declarative statements, and kyaquestions when realized with taunt and doubt show different tonal patterns. The study also looks into the effect of SOV and SOOV syntactic structure on intonational patterns of every theme and category to test if the effect of subject Vs. object focus shift is a cue to intonational differences of taunt and doubt. However, the complete study revolves around the phonological layer of intonational patterns of prescribed categories and themes. The whole analysis reveals that there is a significant difference in tonal patterns of Urdu statements and kya-questions. Not any difference is found in tonal patterns of assertive and kya-questions, therefore, the study postulates that the difference of assertion and declaration in Urdu statements is caused by emphatic stress not a tonal stress. Study also asserts that there is a significant difference of tonal patterns of doubt and taunt in Urdu (assertive and declarative) statements and in Urdu kya-qusetions. Hence, the findings reveal that the shift of subject object focus a cue for difference of tonal patterns in themes of taunt and doubt.