The way Abreu talks about the System is clearly designed to chime with Chavez-speak - a question of inflection, one might say, rather than anything so cynical as spin.
Given an algebraic curve, one can ask the question, "How many inflection points of a particular type does it have?" The standard techniques for answering such enumerative questions break down when the curves under consideration are singular.
The senator answered almost every question with an annoyed inflection.
First, the fact that the de in question is an inflectional suffix should not be so surprising as any view holding that Mandarin does not have any inflection is not so accurate.
" His voice trails off with the inflection of a question, as though he's beginning to doubt the very foundation of the universe he inhabits.
"'Well, they're not wrong?' I said, shrugging on that last word, my inflection suggesting a question.
It's not a question, it just has the inflection of one.
Defensive Play of Choice: Depends on the Offense - This question is all about its inflection and the person asking the question.
The right lobe of the voice-sensitive region of the brain has been shown to be sensitive to so-called prosodic elements of speech, including such things as the upward inflection of a question.
Our analysis showed that high-level questions facilitated the emergence of inflection moments during idea generation.
