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PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?2·9 months agoThe first two have emphasis that imply something different than a simple question. Like you are asking a bunch of people individually, and you are directing each question at a specific person.
The last one would maybe be like, if the person did something weird, and you were sarcastically asking where the are from, to imply that they were raised by wolves, or something like that.
Point being, yes, you can ask like that, but it has different connotations than a simple question, which I think is where you would use the rising intonation.
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?31·9 months agoI’m totally with you. I think it is somewhat speaker dependent, but that is how I would say those questions.
What’s your NAme
How OLD (are you)?
Where are you FROm?
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?1·9 months agoI guess in this example, “who is your daddy?” Is the main question, which has a somewhat flat intonation, but contrasted to the emphasis in the second half of the sentence, it feels like a rise
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?2·9 months agoCould you give some specific examples of questions in English that would not be asked with a rising tone at the end?
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality.17·9 months ago24fps vision is a lie told by Hollywood so they can save on film
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•What browser is visiting the page?15·9 months agoA new browser touches the beacon
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto Gaming@lemmy.ml•In 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 became the first game to win Game of the Year awards on all of the five major game awards (The Game Awards, Golden Joystick, DICE Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards and BAF1·10 months agoHonestly, same. I want to play it so bad, but never liked turn based stuff
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do radio stations all seem to go on commercial at the same time?12·11 months agoI feel like the old guys in my area just talk about their health problems 😂
Something to look forward to, I suppose
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•break fast 🥣 move things 🛒17·1 year agoWe do what we want, because we can
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto science@lemmy.world•Creepy Study Suggests AI Is The Reason We've Never Found Aliens4·1 year agoAh, yes. The “reapers”
One of my favorite Simpsons lines, the load hearing poster