Rises

In a rising nuclear tone the pitch of the voice starts relatively low and then moves upwards. The starting point may be anywhere from low to mid, and the endpoint anywhere from mid to high. (Some other possibilities are discussed in

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If the nucleus is on the last or only syllable in the intonation phrase, then the rise takes place on that syllable:

Again, in identifying the nuclear tone we must disregard any prenuclear pitch pattern.

If there is a tail (=syllables after the nucleus), the rising pitch movement does not happen wholly on the nucleus syllable, as in the cse of a fall. Rather, the rise is spread over the nuclear syllable and all the following syllables - over the whole of the nucleus plus tail:

This means that the last syllable is actually the highest pitched, even though it is unaccented. Some people find this difficult to perceive, and instead tend to hear the nucleus latter in the intonation phrase than it really is. In fact, if there is no prenuclear then the nucleus (perceptually the most salient syllable for native speakers) is actually the lowest-pitched syllable in the IP).