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Meaning of upspeaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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