Editing High rising terminal (section)

== Origins ==
The origins of HRT remain uncertain. Anecdotal evidence places the conception of the American English variety on the West Coast—anywhere from [[California English|Southern California]] to the [[Pacific Northwest English|Pacific Northwest]].<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/pacificnorthwest/ Do you speak American? American Varieties: Pacific Northwest]</ref> This in turn comes into prominence due to development of "[[Valleyspeak]]" popularized by the [[Frank Zappa]] song "[[Valley Girl (song)|Valley Girl]]" in the early 1980s.

With respect to the southern hemisphere, it has been suggested that the feature may have originated in [[New Zealand English|New Zealand]].<ref name="allan">{{cite book |last=Allan |first=S. |chapter=The rise of New Zealand intonation |editor1-first=A. |editor1-last=Bell |editor2-first=J. |editor2-last=Holmes |title=New Zealand ways of Speaking English |url=https://archive.org/details/newzealandwayssp00holm |url-access=limited |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newzealandwayssp00holm/page/n121 115]&ndash;128 |place=Clevendon |publisher=Multilingual Matters |year=1990 |isbn=1-85359-083-5 }}</ref>

It is unclear whether the American English varieties and the Oceanic varieties had any influence on each other regarding the spread of HRT.