uptalk
noun[U]
languagespecializeduk/ˈʌp.tɔːk/us/ˈʌp.tɑːk/a way ofspeakingin whichyourvoicerisesat the end of a phrase:
用升调讲话Uptalk hasspreadfarbeyond California and theValleyGirls who aresupposedto havestartedit.用升调讲话已经远远不再是加州和「谷女郎」的专利,虽然据说是她们开始了这种说话方式。
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- lilt
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned