Break indices of level 2 (BI 2) mark two different types of breaks:
a perceived disjuncture with no intonation effect,
an apparent intonational boundary but with no slowing or other break cues.
Example
¿Bárbara, de verdad?
[Bárbara, really?]
In this example, a small prosodic rupture is perceived between the two prosodic words Bárbara and de verdad, but there is no tonal cue marking it. The boundary between these two prosodic words may be labelled as BI 2.
