Sp_ToBI
labeling system

The uses of Sp_ToBI

Description
of the system

Prosodic phrasing

Tonal
representation

Boundary tones

Final boundary tones at a break indice of level 4:



L%

M%

HH%

LH%

LM%

HL%

LHL%

Final boundary tones at a break indice of level 3:



L-

M-

H-

HH-

LH-

HL-

LHL-

HH-


HH- is manifested phonetically as a very sharp rising pitch movement at the end of the phrase, often attaining a very high frequency in the speaker’s range.

It is found at the end of the first part of alternative polar questions.

Example

Example: Alternative polar question

¿Leche merengada o helado de vainilla?
[(What would you like?) Merengued milk or vanilla ice cream?]


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How to discriminate between H- and HH-: click here