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%		    

 

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, exclamative wh-question
 

Examples
Example 1: No, no de LIMONES (y no de mandarinas).
[No, no, lemons (not tangerines).]		 Narrow focus statement
Madrid

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Example 2: ¿A qué hora acabó llegando?
[At what time did s/he finally arrive?]		 Exclamative wh-question
Madrid

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