upspeaker

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who speaks up; an advocate.
  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.

词形变化

upspeakers plural

词源

From upspeak + -er.
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