| 单词 | pause-pitch |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspause-pitch pause-pitch n. Linguistics the pitch pattern which characteristically precedes a pause in speech. 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 Lang. vii. 115 We must recognize pause-pitch or suspension-pitch [,], which consists of a rise of pitch before a pause within a sentence. It is used..to show that the sentence is not ending at a point where otherwise the phrasal form would make the end of a sentence possible: I was waiting there [,] when in came the man. < as lemmas |
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