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Nuclear configurations selector

L* L%
L* L%
L* H%
L* H%
L* L!H%
L* L!H%
L* LH%
L* LH%
L* HL%
L* HL%
H* L%
H* L%
H* !H%
H* !H%
H* HL%
H* HL%
L+H* L%
L+H* L%
L+H* !H%
L+H* !H%
L+H* H%
L+H* H%
L+H* LH%
L+H* LH%
L+H* HL%
L+H* HL%
L+H* LHL%
L+H* LHL%
L+H* L%
L+¡H* L%
H+L* L%
H+L* L%
H+L* H%
H+L* H%
H+L* LH%
H+L* LH%
H+L* HL%
H+L* HL%

Labelling system

  • Labelling system
  • Description
  • Prosodic phrasing
    • Level 0
    • Level 1
    • Level 2
    • Level 3
    • Level 4
    • Discriminate levels 3 and 4
  • Tonal representation
    • Pitch accents
    • Boundary tones
      • Discriminate LH% and L!H%
    • Nuclear configurations

H+L* HL%

H+L* HL%

This nuclear configuration is phonetically realized as a fall during the last accented syllable followed by a rise and finally a fall.

 

Example: Emphatic exclamative

¡Está buenísimo!
[This is absolutely delicious!]

HL%

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Sp_ToBI training materials team

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 >

 
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