Shadowing First Dates

28 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Hadar Shemesh shows how pitch rise at the end of a repeated sentence signals you want a response. When someone says "I got a scholarship to study abroad in China" and lifts their pitch at the finish, they're not just stating a fact. They're asking the listener to react.

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and I, uh, got a scholarship to study abroad in China. And, uh, I got a scholarship to study abroad in China... because she knows that once she says that, there's going to be a reaction. So this is why she lifts up for him to finish the idea or thought or to respond. Let's do it again. And I, uh, got a scholarship to study abroad in China. I got Scholarship to study abroad in China. So it's kind of flat until she gets to the end where she lifts up.