intonation pattern

noun

1. linguistics a characteristic series of musical pitch levels that serves to distinguish between questions, statements, and other types of utterance in a language

Example Sentences

But there's another equally hated speech feature that is achieved at the other end: the high-rising terminal intonation pattern, or "uptalk."

From Salon

“It had a throaty resonance, low pitch and narrow intonation pattern,” said Linda Siegfriedt, who directs the Clinical Transgender Voice Program and the Voice Disorders Clinic.

From Washington Post

“The thing that is remarkable is that they both have this intonation pattern,’’ he said.

From New York Times