Cat_ToBI
labeling system

The uses of Cat_ToBI

Description
of the system

Prosodic phrasing

Tonal
representation

Nuclear configurations


L+H* L%
L+¡H* L%

L* HL%
L+H* HL%

L* M%
L+H* M%

L+H* LM%
L+H* LH%

L* HH%
L* LH%

L+H* HH%
L+H* H%

L* L%
H+L* L%

H+L* HL%
L+H* LHL%

H* L%		  

 

L+H* L%

Description of the contour:
This nuclear configuration is phonetically realized as a rise during the last accented syllable followed by a fall to a low level.

Contexts: Narrow focus statement, exclamative, imperative
 

Examples
Example 1: Volen MELMELADA (i no pas mantega).
[They want jam (not butter).]		 Narrow focus statement

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Example 2: MELMELADA, volen (i no pas mantega).
[JAM is what they want (and not butter).]		 Exclamative with rhematization

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Example 3: Demana-li!
[Ask him/her! ]		 Imperative

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