| 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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