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Fall-Rise Intonation (➘➚)
(The voice falls and rises usually within one word.)
The main function of fall-rise intonation is to show that the speaker is not certain of the answer they are giving to a question, or is reluctant to reply (as opposed to a falling tone used when there is no hesitation). It is also used in polite requests or suggestions.

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  Hesitation/reluctance:
  
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    So you'd be willing to confirm that? ...Well ... I ➘sup➚pose so ...
    
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    You didn't see him on Monday? I don't quite ➘re➚member ...
    

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  Politeness-Doubt-Uncertainty: (You are not sure what the answer might be.)
  
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    Perhaps we could ➘vis➚it the place?
    
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    Should we ➘cop➚y the list?
    
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    Do you think it's ➘al➚lowed?
    

References

1. 
   Bolinger, Dwight L. (1951). "Intonation: Levels Versus Configurations". Word. 7 (3): 199–200. doi:10.1080/00437956.1951.11659405.
   
2. 
   Brazil, David (1975). Discourse Intonation. University of Birmingham: English Language Research. ISBN 9780704401594.
   
3. 
   Brazil, David; Coulthard, Malcolm; Johns, Catherine (1980). Discourse intonation and language teaching. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-55366-8.
   
4. 
   Celce-Murcia, Marianne; Brinton, Donna M.; Goodwin, Janet M. (1996). Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-40694-9.
   
5. 
   Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth (1986). An Introduction to English Prosody. Edward Arnold. ISBN 978-0-7131-6460-2.