单词 | question-pitch |
释义 | > as lemmasquestion-pitch question-pitch n. Linguistics the rising intonation of an interrogative sentence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation > pitch > rising or falling cadence1598 rise1626 pause-pitch1933 question-pitch1933 rise-fall1933 downdrifta1949 downturn1955 upturn1964 1933 L. Bloomfield in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 244/2 Yeah? and Is that so? with a peculiar modification of the question-pitch, have been used as facetious vulgarisms expressing disbelief. 1964 C. C. Fries in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 244 Formal yes-or-no questions, along with question-pitch. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。