Sp_ToBI
labeling system

The uses of Sp_ToBI

Description
of the system

Prosodic phrasing

Tonal
representation

Nuclear configurations


L+H* L%
L+¡H* L%
L+H* HL%

L* HH%
H+L* HH%
L+H* HH%

L* L%
H+L* L%
L* LH%

H+L* LH%
L* HL%
H+L* HL%

L+H* M%
L* LM%
H* HL%

H* L%
H* M%
L+H* LH%

L+H* LHL%		    

 

H* L%

Description of the contour:
This nuclear configuration is phonetically realized as a high plateau during the last accented syllable followed by a fall.

Context: Imperative wh-question, exhortative wh-question

Examples
Example 1: ¿Cuándo lo harás?
[When are you going to do it?]		 Imperative wh-question
Madrid

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Example 2: ¿Por qué no venís?
[Why don't you come?]		 Exhortative wh-question
Madrid

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