sum uptalk recently asked information uptalk high rising terminal received many responses people number useful references want thank following people help cynthia mclemore janet holmes gregory ward marc picards david britain carolyn buck gengler laura michaelis julia hirschberg elizabeth whalley received following references allan scott 1990 rise new zealand intonation allan bell janet holmes eds new zealand ways speaking english clevedon avon multilingual matters 115128 britain david 1992 linguistic change intonation use high rising terminals new zealand english language variation change vol 4 1 77104 britain john newman 1992 high rising terminals new zealand english journal international phonetic association vol 22 1 2 111 mclemore cynthia 1991 interpretation l h english texas linguistic forum 32 discourse 17596 mclemore c 1992 prosodic variation across discourse types ircs work shop prosody natural speech 117 128 hirschberg j ward g interpretation highrise question contour english soon appear journal pragmatics addition received suggestions support many people thankful sincerely laurel balyeat