The proposal developed by Hidalgo and Ruano (2022) regarding absolute interrogative acts (IA) and neutral partial acts (IP) (without pragmatic conditioning) establishes two fundamental principles: the Principle of Intonational Inclination ( IA PIE) and the Principle of Intonational Decline (IP PDE). In contrast, this work specifically focuses on " marked" absolute and partial interrogative acts (IA NO PIE/ IP NO PDE), which are pragmatically conditioned by the situational context. The adopted methodology takes into account the Interactive-Functional Intonational Analysis (AIF) model proposed by Hidalgo (2019). This model extensively explores the diversity of linguistic uses of intonation, distinguishing two functional axes of prosodic performance (syntagmatic and paradigmatic) and two levels of interactive analysis (monologic and dialogic). According to the AIF model, "marked" interrogative contours are assimilated, on the one hand, to the Secondary Modal Function (within the Monologic Level) and, on the other hand, to Paradigmatic Dialogical Functions (within the Dialogic Level), which incorporate pragmatic aspects such as humor, irony, or politeness. Additionally, the AIF model incorporates the emotional component in the configuration of these "marked" interrogative contours. The results of this research, including descriptive statistical treatment, imply the existence of various prosodically differentiated pragmatic types of interrogative acts: thus, absolute interrogative contours are identified with an ascending toneme that reaches tonal levels significantly higher or lower than the speaker's F0 average, and absolute interrogative contours with toneme inversion (descending instead of ascending: IA NO PIE). In the case of partial interrogative contours, analogous behaviors are found, i. e., contours with toneme that significantly varies in level compared to the speaker's F0 average and partial interrogative contours with toneme inversion (ascending instead of descending: IP NO PDE). In conclusion, these findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the complexity of interrogative acts in pragmatic and intonational terms, revealing nuances beyond the superficial structure of language and providing a richer perspective on communicative interaction.
