Uptalk? The rising intonation that makes statements sound like questions?
Associate Professor Paul Warren from LALS recently launched his new book, Uptalk. The book is helping explain the phenomenon that is "uptalk", the rising intonation which makes statements sounds like questions, and is being described as the first comprehensive analysis of the speech phenomenon.
Paul Warren talked with Kathryn Ryan on the Nine to Noon programme on RNZ. See the RNZ website for more details and to listen to the talk.