Author Question: When people ask a question, their voices typically raise in pitch at the last word. The change in ... (Read 135 times)

awywial · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

When people ask a question, their voices typically raise in pitch at the last word. The change in pitch is known as (the) _____________.

a. intonation c. frequency modulation
b. perceptual punctuation d. Victor Borge effect

Question 2

What has four wheels and flies? The answer is a garbage truck. This joke is based on a kind of ambiguity known as __________________.

a. unclear subject c. adjective-noun reversal
b. a garden path sentence d. object ambiguity