Sp_ToBI
labeling system

The uses of Sp_ToBI

Description
of the system

Prosodic phrasing

Tonal
representation

• Pitch accents

• Boundary tones

• Nuclear configurations

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%

Nuclear configurations

19 types of nuclear configurations have been found in Spanish, in which a pitch accent appears combined with a boundary tone. In nuclear position, it is possible to find:

• L+H* combined with 6 different boundary tones:
  
  L%, M%, HH%, LH%, HL%, or LHL%

• L+¡H* combined with one boundary tone:
  
  L%

• L* combined with 5 different boundary tones:
  
  L%, HH%, LM%, LH% or HL%

• H+L* combined with 4 different boundary tones:
  
  L%, HH%, LH% or HL%

• H* combined with 3 different boundary tones:
  
  L%, M% or HL%

By clicking the schematic contours in the Nuclear configurations menu on the left, you will get information about the contexts in which each of these nuclear configurations are found along with examples of each type.