Towards a P_ToBI

CITATION |  Viana, M. C. and Frota, S. (Coords). (2007). Towards a P_ToBI. http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/sonsemelodias/P-ToBI/P-ToBI.htm.

Preliminary work Towards a P_ToBI

Coordinators:  Céu Viana (CLUL)

                         Sónia Frota (DLGR/Onset-CEL, FLUL)

Participants:    Isabel Falé (Univ. Aberta/Onset-CEL, FLUL); Flaviane Fernandes (Unicamp), Isabel Mascarenhas (FCSH, UNL/CLUL),  Ana Isabel Mata (DLGR, FLUL/CLUL), Helena Moniz (CLUL/INESC), Marina Vigário (DLGR/Onset-CEL, FLUL)

For further developments and more up to date information see http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/InAPoP/

1. Basic tunes

1.1. SEP

	Neutral statement
	Neutral statement versus narrow/contrastive focus statement
	Narrow/contrastive focus statement
	Intonational phrasing
	Wh-question
	Neutral yes-no question
	Contrastive yes-no question

1.2. NEP

	Neutral statement
	Wh-question
	Neutral yes-no question

1.3. EP and BP

	Neutral statement
	Narrow (informational) focus

2. Experiments with professional reading and spontaneous speech (SEP)

	Statements Broad focus (high-school presentation, non-scripted) Emphatic statement (professional reading) List qualities (high-school presentation, non-scripted) New information,  MapTask Corpus (EXPLAIN, 1st part) Highlighted specification MapTask Corpus (EXPLAIN, 2nd and final part) Given information (topicalization), new information, continuation, MapTask corpus (INSTRUCT, non-final) End of statement, continuation:  (high school presentation, non-scripted) Given information, continuation (high school spontaneous presentation)
	Imperative
	Questions Confirmation seeking (MapTask Corpus, CHECK) Yes-no question, Information seeking (MaPTask Corpus) Yes-no question versus agree-proceed

 

1. Basic tunes

SEP

 

Neutral statement

                                                          

                                                           

Neutral statement versus narrow/contrastive focus statement

                                                           

Narrow/contrastive focus statement

                        (focus on 'manhã')       

                            (focus on 'angolanas')   

Intonational phrasing

                        statement initial or internal IPs

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                            statement pre-final IPs

                                                           

                                                           

Wh-question

                                                            

Neutral yes-no question

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

Contrastive yes-no question

                            (focus on 'manhã')   

                            (focus on 'galâ')       

                            (focus on 'lâminas')   

	NEP
	Neutral statement

                                                           

                    (intonational phrasing: sustained pitch)   

                    (intonational phrasing: continuation rise)   

Wh-question

                                                           

Neutral yes-no question

                                                           

                                                           

	EP and BP
	Neutral statement

                    BP

                                                           

                                                           

                    SEP                               

Narrow (infomational) focus on the subject

                        BP

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                        SEP                           

2. Experiments with professional reading and spontaneous speech

Statements

            Broad focus (high-school presentation, non-scripted)   

               Emphatic statement (professional reading)   

                    List qualities (high-school presentation, non-scripted)   

                       New information, MapTask Corpus (EXPLAIN, 1st part)   

                        Highlighted specification MapTask Corpus (EXPLAIN, 2nd and final part)   

                        Given information (topicalization), new information,continuation: MapTask corpus (INSTRUCT, non-final)   

                    End of statement, continuation:  (high school presentation, non-scripted)

                    Given information, continuation (high school spontaneous presentation)  

Imperative (polite request). Lab Speech.

                                                           

Questions

                    Confirmation seeking (MapTask Corpus, CHECK)   

                    Yes-no question, Information seeking (MaPTask Corpus)   

                    Yes-no question versus agree-proceed