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Rising intonation in question
How commmon it is among native speakers of English to pose a question using the rising intonation?
I realise that usuallly is done like this:
Is the price going up?
\ Maxxx
I realise that usuallly is done like this:
Is the price going up?
\ Maxxx
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[nq:1]How commmon it is among native speakers of English to pose a question using the rising intonation? I realise that usuallly is done like this: Is the price going up? \ As a US speaker, I have stress and falling intonation on the going , and a rise on the "up".
- [nq:1]How commmon it is among native speakers of English to pose a question using the rising intonation?
- I realise that usuallly is done like this: Is the price going up?
- \ As a US speaker, I have stress and falling intonation on the going , and a rise on the "up".
- Oh, and if I stress (with a rising intonation) on the Is , (all other things being as before) it means I perhaps misunderstood the direction and am asking the listener to correct the direction.
- If I have a rising stress on Is , and hold the intonation high through to the end, I am questioning the positive or negative of my question.
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[nq:1]How commmon it is among native speakers of English to pose a question using the rising intonation? I realise that usuallly is done like this: Is the price going up? \ <- instonation is falling[/nq]
As a US speaker, I have stress and falling intonation on the going , and a rise on the "up". Oh, and if I stress (with a rising intonation) on the Is , (all other things being as before) it me
As a US speaker, I have stress and falling intonation on the going , and a rise on the "up". Oh, and if I stress (with a rising intonation) on the Is , (all other things being as before) it me
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