| 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 |
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