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Upspeak in British English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Barbara Bradford
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Abstract

An examination of a novel UK rising tone, with reference to its use in some other Anglophone countries

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 29 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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