{"id":5966,"date":"2017-02-01T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2017-02-01T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:36:00","slug":"uptalk-in-english-myth-and-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=5966","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUptalk\u201d in English: Myth and Fact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"style-scope ytd-expander\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-article-stw-overview field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<p><em>In this week\u2019s post, Abby Kaplan, author of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/academic\/subjects\/languages-linguistics\/english-language-and-linguistics-general-interest\/women-talk-more-men-and-other-myths-about-language-explained?format=PB\" target=\"_blank\">Women Talk More than Men\u2026And Other Myths about Language Explained<\/a>, investigates the phenomenon of \u201cUptalk\u201d and the myths and facts surrounding it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Young people these days, their intonation is really strange?\u00a0 And all their sentences sound like questions? Which makes them sound like they\u2019re not sure of anything?<\/p>\n<p>Final rising pitch \u2013 popularly known as \u201cuptalk\u201d \u2013 is an intonation pattern that involves rising pitch at the end of a sentence. It has been documented throughout the English-speaking world: in the US, Australia, and New Zealand; it has also been documented among ELT students.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Uptalk is an occasional topic of comment in the popular media, and the general assessment is that it\u2019s a Bad Thing. The story usually goes like this: Uptalk is a recent phenomenon, and it\u2019s used mostly by young people \u2013 especially young women. It happens because speakers aren\u2019t sure of themselves or can\u2019t commit to what they\u2019re saying. It\u2019s annoying, and people should stop doing it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/caveman-logic\/201010\/the-uptalk-epidemic\" target=\"_blank\">One columnist<\/a> calls it a \u201cnasty habit\u2026. It\u2019s gotten all out of control. These days even statements about which there should be no question or doubt are presented in this tentative, timid and deferential manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-article-stw-howdone field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/elt\/blog\/2017\/01\/uptalk-english-myth-fact\/\">Read full article on Cambridge Conversations BLog<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s post, Abby Kaplan, author of\u00a0Women Talk More than Men\u2026And Other Myths about Language Explained, investigates the phenomenon of \u201cUptalk\u201d and the myths and facts surrounding it.\u00a0 Young people these days, their intonation is really strange?\u00a0 And all their sentences sound like questions? Which makes them sound like they\u2019re not sure of anything? 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