Sp_ToBI Labeling System
Tonal representation
Boundary tones labeling
Question 1: Hola, ¿Tiene mermelada?
This polite yes-no question ends with a M% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a falling movement to a mid tone target.
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Question 2: La niña morena come mandarinas.
This broad focus statement ends with a L% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a low sustained tone or a low descending tone that attains the baseline of the speaker.
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Question 3: ¿Te vienes a tomar una limonada?
This invitation question ends with a LH% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a dip and then a rise to a high F0 value.
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Question 4: Estaban María, Bárbara, Ana, Eva...
This pedagogic enumeration ends with a M% boundary tone, which manifested phonetically as a falling movement to a mid tone target.
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Question 5: ¿Tienes frío?
This yes-no question ends with a HH% boundary tone, which manifested phonetically as a very sharp rising pitch movement at the end of the phrase, often attaining a very high frequency in the speaker’s range.
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Question 6: ¡¿Bárbara?!
This anti-expectative question ends with a LH% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a dip and then a rise to a high F0 value.
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Question 7: ¡Está buenísimo!
This emphatic exclamative sentence ends with a HL% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a rise and then a fall to a low F0 value.
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Question 8: ¡Bobi!
This stylized vocative ends with a M% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically a mid level plateau (the mid tone may spread to the left).
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Question 9: ¡Venga, va!
This exhortative request ends with a LHL% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a complex pitch movement consisting of a fall plus rise and then a fall to a low F0 value.
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Question 10: ¡Bobi!
This insistent vocative ends with a HL% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a rise and then a fall to a low F0 value.
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Question 11: ¿Es María quien viene?
This yes-no questions ends with a HH% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a very sharp rising pitch movement at the end of the phrase, often attaining a very high frequency in the speaker’s range.
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Question 12: Puede que no le guste el regalo que le he comprado.
This hesitation statement ends with a M% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a falling movement to a mid tone target .
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Question 13: ¡Va, vente, hombre!
This request ends with a HL% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a rise and then a fall to a low F0 value.
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Question 14: ¿Le dieron el número de vuelo?
This yes-no question ends with a HH% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a very sharp rising pitch movement at the end of the phrase, often attaining a very high frequency in the speaker’s range.
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Question 15: ¡Bárbara!
This obviousness statement ends with a LM% boundary tone, which is manifested phonetically as a dip and then a rise to a mid F0 value.
