Sp_ToBI
labeling system
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Boundary tones
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HL%
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The HL% is manifested phonetically as a rise and then a fall to a low F0 value.
It is found after high or low pitch accents in exhortative requests, in emphatic exclamatives and in insistent vocatives.
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Example 1: Request
¡Va, vente, hombre!
[Come on, come!]
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Example 2: Emphatic exclamative
¡Está buenísimo!
[It's absolutely delicious!]
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Example 3: Insistent vocative
¡Bobi!
[Bobi!]
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