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

HL%


The HL% is manifested phonetically as a rise and then a fall to a low F0 value.

It is found after high or low pitch accents in requests and in obviousness statements, and in vocatives in Ibizan Catalan.

Examples

Example 1: Request

Vine.
[Please come.]


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Example 2: Obviousness statement

(Home), viuran a Mèrida!
[They’re going to live in Mérida (of course)!]


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Example 3: Ibizan Catalan vocative

Bàrbara!
[Bàrbara!]


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