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-

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 exhortative requests, in emphatic exclamatives and in insistent vocatives.

Examples

Example 1: Request

¡Va, vente, hombre!
[Come on, come!]


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Example 2: Emphatic exclamative

¡Está buenísimo!
[It's absolutely delicious!]


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Example 3: Insistent vocative

¡Bobi!
[Bobi!]


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