Editing High rising terminal (section)

== Intonational characteristics==

Empirically, one report proposes that HRT in [[American English]] and [[Australian English]] is marked by a high tone (high pitch or high [[fundamental frequency]]) beginning on the final accented syllable near the end of the statement (the terminal), and continuing to increase in frequency (up to 40%) to the end of the intonational phrase.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ladd |first=R. D. |title=Intonational phonology |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=1996 |isbn=0-521-47498-1 |page=123 }}</ref> New research suggests that the actual rise can occur one or more syllables after the last accented syllable of the phrase, and its range is much more variable than previously thought.<ref name="warren">{{cite journal |last=Warren |first=P. |title=Patterns of late rising in New Zealand English: Intonational variation or intonation change? |journal=Language Variation and Change |volume=17 |year=2005 |issue=2 |pages=209&ndash;230 |issn=0954-3945 |doi=10.1017/s095439450505009x|s2cid=145431336 }}</ref>