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  2. Tone contour - Wikipedia

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    Chart invented by the Chinese linguist Yuen Ren Chao illustrating the contours of the four tones of Standard Chinese. When the pitch descends, the contour is called a falling tone; when it ascends, a rising tone; when it descends and then returns, a dipping or falling-rising tone; and when it ascends and then returns, it is called a peaking or rising-falling tone.

  3. Intonation (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Here, as is common with wh-questions, there is a rising intonation on the question word, and a falling intonation at the end of the question. In many descriptions of English, the following intonation patterns are distinguished: Rising Intonation means the pitch of the voice rises over time. Falling Intonation means that the pitch falls with time.

  4. Rising declarative - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a rising declarative is an utterance which has the syntactic form of a declarative but the rising intonation typically associated with polar interrogatives. [1] Rising declarative: Justin Bieber wants to hang out with me? Falling declarative: Justin Bieber wants to hang out with me. Polar question: Does Justin Bieber want to ...

  5. High rising terminal - Wikipedia

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    The high rising terminal (HRT), also known as rising inflection, upspeak, uptalk, or high rising intonation (HRI), is a feature of some variants of English where declarative sentences can end with a rising pitch similar to that typically found in yes–no questions.

  6. Rises and falls - Wikipedia

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    In addition, a certain amount of body rise and fall may be achieved by hip action, used in Latin dance, but absolutely proscribed in Standard and Smooth. Rises and falls of the body is a natural phenomenon during casual walking: when feet are apart the body is closer to the ground than when the feet are together.

  7. Falling Up (poetry collection) - Wikipedia

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    Falling Up is a 1996 poetry collection primarily for children written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein [1] and published by HarperCollins. It is the third poetry collection published by Silverstein, following Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) and A Light in the Attic (1981), and the final one to be published during his lifetime, as he died just ...

  8. File:Falling in Reverse - Logo.svg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on arz.wikipedia.org فولينج اين ريڤيرز; Usage on ca.wikipedia.org Falling in Reverse

  9. Template:Falling Up - Wikipedia

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    A navigational box that can be placed at the bottom of articles. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status State state The initial visibility of the navbox Suggested values collapsed expanded autocollapse String suggested Template transclusions Transclusion maintenance Check completeness of transclusions The above documentation is transcluded from Template ...