Comment on Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?
amio@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They don’t.
The general pattern seems cross-linguistically consistent.
It’s not even consistent in English.
Yeah - I noticed it after reading your other comment. Fair point.
Coupling it with info from the Mandarin article that I’ve linked, it seems to apply to declarative (yes-no) questions only.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 days ago
The general pattern seems cross-linguistically consistent.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s not even consistent in English.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Yeah - I noticed it after reading your other comment. Fair point.
Coupling it with info from the Mandarin article that I’ve linked, it seems to apply to declarative (yes-no) questions only.