language change among young people

[Debbie James]

pervasive here in Australia amongst all ages. I hasten to add thtat many
people dislike it and attest to the fact that they do not use it

taiAt 10:30 PM 8/15/99 EDT, LloyAl at aol.com wrote:
>Subj:   Re: language change among young people
>Date:   8/15/99 9:28:31 PM EST
>From:   LloyAl
>To: santelmannl at pdx.edu
>
>I'm not sure my observation come under the heading of language change, but
>here it is. I have  noticed quite often in recent years the use of what I
>call a "declarative question". That is the use of a rising inflection at the
>end of a statement that almost turns the statement into a question. The
>listener usually responds as though a question has been asked. Has anyone
>else observed this?
>
>
>
Debbie James
Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology (Child language and speech)
Department of Speech Pathology
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide
South Australia 5001
Ph 61+412 804048
email debbbie.james at flinders.edu.au