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Meanings of upward inflection in anglès

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Usage of upward inflection in anglès
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And though she spoke with the upward inflection it was not a question.
The Master-Knot of Human Fate
2
Joseph heard the upward inflection of her provincial voice and found it objectionable.
Another part of the wood
3
So why do some Maori put the upward inflection in English?
Radio NZ
4
And-andI'd also like to get to know you better?' The upward inflection betrayed her uncertainty.
Book of lost threads
5
Her upward inflection expressed not conviction but bewilderment.
One of Ours
6
Felicia asked with a curious upward inflection.
Little Miss By-The-Day
7
When Maori speak te reo there appears to be no upward inflection towards the end of a sentence.
Radio NZ
8
Try me, Bucky, pleaded the boy, the last word slipping out with a trailing upward inflection that was irresistible.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
9
Modest upward inflection in Global Consumer growth (Mexico better) was a positive for Q4 Bank of America Corp Adj.
Reuters
10
From far away very faint, curiously thin tones came to him; always repeating one word, with an upward inflection, like a question.
Son of Power
11
She called her "Nurse Gray" at the conclusion of every sentence, with an upward inflection and pretty rolling of the r's, which charmed Jane.
The Rosary
12
"It was amusing...." said Gertrude to me, with an upward inflection, a week later.
On the Stairs
13
"Congratulations," she said with an upward inflection.
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport
14
"Arthur!" she said again, with a curious upward inflection, which warned the two men that her soul was trembling on a dangerous crisis.
The Prussian Officer
15
"Ef I was," she went on in her fresh, young voice, full of queer, upward inflections, "I wouldn't be a-berryin' in Ragged Woods after sundaown."
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
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United Kingdom
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