Sp_ToBI
labeling system

The uses of Sp_ToBI

Description
of the system

Prosodic phrasing

Tonal
representation

• Pitch accents

• Boundary tones

• Nuclear configurations

Pitch accents

H*	L*
H+L*	L*+H
L+H*	L+¡H*
L+>H*

Pitch accents

There are 7 types of pitch accent in Spanish:

• 2 monotonal: H* and L*

• 4 bitonal: H+L*, L*+H, L+H*, L+>H* and L+¡H*

Click on a schematic contour in the Pitch accent menu on the left to get information about that pitch accent.