Speechraised
Speechraised is a term used in speculative discourse and some online communities to describe a pattern or practice in spoken language wherein speakers deliberately raise certain features of their speech—such as pitch, volume, tempo, or intensity—in order to convey emphasis, urgency, authority, or affect. The term is not widely standardized in scholarly linguistics and does not refer to a single fixed phenomenon.
Origins and usage: The coinage appears in informal writing and discussion forums in the early 2020s and
Characteristics: Speechraised effects are typically prosodic rather than lexical. Markers may include increased pitch range, higher
Contexts and applications: Scholars of discourse analysis may study speechraised as part of rhetoric or interaction.
See also: prosody, intonation, discourse analysis, vocal emphasis.