Rising intonation in question

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How commmon it is among native speakers of English to pose a question using the rising intonation?I realise that usuallly is done like this:Is the price going up? \ Maxxx

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[nq:1]How commmon it is among native speakers of English to pose a question using the rising intonation? I realise that usuallly is done like this: Is the price going up? \ <- instonation is falling[/nq]
As a US speaker, I have stress and falling intonation on the going , and a rise on the "up". Oh, and if I stress (with a rising intonation) on the Is , (all other things being as before) it means I perhaps misunderstood the direction and am asking the listener to correct the direction. If I have a rising stress on Is , and hold the intonation high through to the end, I am questioning the positive or negative of my question. (Is it or is it not going up?)
[nq:1]my question is if it is permissible to ask that way: The price is going up(?) / <- intonation is rising[/nq]
This statement-as-question is quite common. As the "incredulous speaker", I would keep the statement at an even tone, rising only on the stressed "up". My mind configures the statement into "Do you mean to say (You don't mean to say, I can't believe) that the price is going up?
True incredulity might require the stressed "up" first rise (though not as high as in standard interrogoative) and then fall, as in two syllables. The parenthetic introduction in my mind or in spoken fashion allows more ups and downs for emotional context.

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