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A rising arrow marking rising intonation.
Also known as: Global rise arrow, Rising intonation mark
In the International Phonetic Alphabet an upward-sloping arrow marks a global rise: the pitch of a whole stretch of speech rising, as in the intonation of a question in many languages.
Marks rising intonation across a stretch of speech rather than a tone on a single syllable.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Describes the intonation of questions in many languages, and operates on the phrase rather than on any individual sound.
Contexts: Language and transcription
An arrow sloping upward from lower left to upper right, placed before the stretch of speech it describes.