Upspeaker

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who speaks up; an advocate.
  2. 2
    One who speaks with upspeak, or the raising of intonation at the end of statements.

    "The upspeak rule is applied non-systematically, i.e. upspeakers do not convert all RP falling tones to rising tones, even where the structural conditions for the operation of the rule are fulfilled."

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"The upspeak rule is applied non-systematically, i.e. upspeakers do not convert all RP falling tones to rising tones, even where the structural conditions for the operation of the rule are fulfilled."

Etymology

From upspeak + -er.

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