While at a restaurant, you overhear a conversation taking place at an adjacent table. Three women, who seem to be friends, are discussing the menu. “The flatbreads here are really good,” one says to the others. You notice that while the woman was making a statement, her intonation, which rose toward the end of the sentence, made it sound like a question. What is the word for this linguistic phenomenon?
A. backspeak
B. fry voice
C. creaky voice
D. uptalk
D. uptalk
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