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

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

From New York Times