Welcome to Sp_ToBI training materials

The Spanish ToBI labelling scheme, or Sp_ToBI, is a tool for the prosodic annotation of Spanish speech corpora that contains prosodic, phonetic, and intonational information.

This website contains the training materials for the Sp_ToBI transcription system, with examples of labelled utterances and labelling exercises. It is intended to be a practical tool for learning how to label prosodically Spanish diverse speech data.

This course is intended to be a practical tool for learning how to prosodically label Spanish speech data in the Sp_ToBI framework, which is based on the metric-autosegmental model.

The system is based on the works of Beckman and others, subsequently revised by Estebas-Vilaplana & Prieto (2011); Hualde & Prieto (2015) ; Prieto & Roseano (2018) .

It is especially appropriate for undergraduate or graduate students with a background in linguistics (phonology or phonetics), cognitive psychology (psycholinguistics), speech acoustics or music, who wish to learn about the prosody of speech in general (intonation, rhythm, grouping and prominence patterns of spoken utterances), and specifically, Spanish prosody.

The data presented on this website are based on the analysis of Northern Peninsular Spanish.

For more information on dialectal varieties in intonation, please refer to Hualde & Prieto (2015) .

The Spanish ToBI labeling scheme, or Sp_ToBI, is a tool for the prosodic annotation of Spanish speech corpora that contains prosodic, phonetic and intonational information.

The original Sp_ToBI was presented by Beckman et al. in 2002:

Beckman, M.; Díaz-Campos, M.; McGory, J.T. & Morgan, T.A. (2002) Intonation across Spanish, in the Tones and Break Indices framework, Probus, 14, 9-36.

Since then, some work has been done and some modifications to this original labeling scheme have been proposed.

The main references proposing modifications to the original Sp_ToBI system are:

Face, T.; Prieto, P. (2007) Rising accents in Castilian Spanish: a revision of Sp_ToBI, Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 6.1, 117-146.
Estebas-Vilaplana, E.; Prieto, P. (2009) La notación prosódica en español. Una revisión del Sp_ToBI, Estudios de Fonética Experimental XVIII, 263-283.
Estebas-Vilaplana, E., & Prieto, P. (2010). Castilian Spanish intonation. In: Prieto, P. & Paolo Roseano (eds.) (2010) Transcription of Intonation of the Spanish Language, LINCOM Studies in Phonetics 06.

This website presents a reviewed version of Sp_ToBI including those modifications.

For more information on dialectal varieties in intonation, please refer to Hualde & Prieto (2015) .

You may start by training your ear on the ear training section in order to ease your way through the tests.

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This website was elaborated by GrEPG (Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group).

Coordinators

Lourdes Aguilar (UAB )

Pilar Prieto (ICREA-UPF )

Maria del Mar Vanrell (UIB )

Paolo Roseano (UNED )

Working team

Joan Borràs-Comes

Verònica Crespo

Carme de-la-Mota

Rafèu Sichel-Bazin

Jill Thorson

Web citation:

Aguilar, L.; Roseano, P.; Vanrell, M. M.; de-la-Mota, C.; Prieto, P. (2024) Sp_ToBI Traning Materials. Web page: Sp_ToBI Training Materials <https://sp-tobi.upf.edu > [Accessed Date]

References about the Sp_ToBI labelling system

Estebas Vilaplana, E., & Prieto Vives, P. (2008). La notación prosódica del español: una revisión del Sp_TOBI. Journal of Experimental Phonetics, 17, 263–283.

Estebas-Vilaplana, E., & Prieto, P. (2010). Castilian Spanish Intonation. In P. Prieto & P. Roseano (Eds.), Transcription of Intonation of the Spanish Language (pp. 17-48). Munich: Lincom Europa.

Hualde, J. I., & Prieto, P. (2015). Intonational Variation in Spanish: European and American Varieties. In S. Frota & P. Prieto (Eds.), Intonation in Romance (pp. 350-391). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Prieto, P., Borràs-Comes, J., & Roseano, P. (Coords.) (2010-2014). Interactive Atlas of Romance Intonation.

Prieto, P., & Roseano, P. (Coords.) (2009-2013). Atlas interactivo de la entonación del español.

Prieto, P., & Roseano, P. (Eds.). (2010). Transcription of Intonation of the Spanish Language. Munich: Lincom Europa.

Prieto, P., & Roseano, P. (2018). Prosody: Stress, rhythm, and intonation. The Cambridge handbook of Spanish linguistics, 1, 211-236.

Prieto, P., & Cabré, T. (Coord.) (2007-2012) Atlas interactivo de la entonación del castellano. Web page: Atlas interactivo de la entonación del castellano < https://prosodia.upf.edu/atlasentonacion >

Prieto, P., Borràs-Comes, J., & Roseano, P. (Coord.) (2010-2014). Interactive Atlas of Romance Intonation. Web page: Interactive Atlas of Romance Intonation < https://prosodia.upf.edu/iari >

Aguilar, L., de-la-Mota, C., Prieto, P. (Coord.) (2009-2024). Guía multimedia de la prosodia del castellano. Web page: Guía multimedia de la prosodia del castellano < https://guies-prosodia.upf.edu/es >