Cat_ToBI
labeling system

The uses of Cat_ToBI

Description
of the system

Prosodic phrasing

Tonal
representation

Boundary tones

Final boundary tones at a break indice of level 4:


L%

M%

H%

HH%

LH%

LM%

HL%

LHL%

Final boundary tones at a break indice of level 3:



L-

M-

H-


HH-

LH-

LHL-

Initial boundary tones:



%H

M-



M- is manifested phonetically as:

  • a rising movement to a mid tone target when it occurs after a low tone.
  • a mid level plateau when it occurs after a high tone (the mid tone spreads to the left).

It is found in pedagogic enumerations and at the end of inconclusive elements.

Example

Example: Pedagogic enumeration

Ve en Joan... i després la Bàrbara...
[Joan comes... and then Bàrbara...]


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