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A Common Disease of Young Peopleand some Older People, Too
 
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High Rising Terminal
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Also known as:
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Question Intonation –
 
Up-talking –
 
High Rising Intonation
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A feature of English in which the ends of vocal phrases rise in tone.
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Everything sounds like a question?•
 
Females appear to be more likely to use it
 
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Speaker ‘sounds’ lessconfident; querying.•
 
Declarations lose impact.•
 
Associations with ‘valley girl’speak.
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(particularly when used with ‘like’)
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