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* L%

Description of the contour:
This nuclear configuration is phonetically realized as a low plateau during the last accented syllable and then a fall or a low plateau.

Context: Broad focus statement, imperative Wh-question, end of a disjunctive question

 

Examples
Example 1: La niña morena come mandarinas.
[The brown-haired girl is eating tangerines.]		 Broad focus statement
Madrid

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Example 2: ¿Cuándo lo harás?
[Eva?]		 Imperative wh-question
Madrid

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Example 3: ¿Leche merengada o helado de vainilla?
[Meringued milk or vanilla ice cream?]		 Disjunctive question
Madrid

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