ToBI Clinic

The Psycholinguistics Lab
at the OSU Dept. of Linguistics

The ToBI Clinic was a casual weekly meeting at which people of all skill levels would learn and practice ToBI transcription of American English intonation patterns using PRAAT. The clinic ran from January 2004 through April 2005. We started with the basics and gradually moved on to more difficult utterances. Below is a list of links for beginning transcribers, a link to the quarterly schedules, and a table of simple intonation patterns. In the quarterly schedules you will find wav files, textgrids, and notes.

For questions about ToBI Clinic or this page, please contact Allison Blodgett (blodgett@ling.ohio-state.edu) or Laurie Maynell (maynell@ling.ohio-state.edu).

The following links are suggested for beginners.


Click here for the quarterly schedules, complete with sound files and labeled TextGrid files.

SIMPLE INTONATION PATTERNS
marinade

Sound File Text Grid Description
marinade1.wav marinade1 H* H-L%
marinade2.wav marinade2 H* H-H%
marinade3.wav marinade3 H* L-L%
marinade4.wav marinade4 H* L-H%
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Armani knew the millionaire.

Sound File Text Grid Description
armani1.wav armani1 H* H* L-L%
armani2.wav armani2 H* L- H* L-L%
armani3.wav armani3 H* L-L% H* L-L%
armani4.wav armani4 L+H* L-L%
armani5.wav armani5 H* !H* L-L%
armani6.wav armani6 H* L-L%
armani7.wav armani7 L* L* H-H%
armani8.wav armani8 L* H-H%
armani9.wav armani9 L* H- L* H-H%
armani10.wav armani10 L+H* L-H% L* H* L-L%
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Armani made the monkey suit.

Sound File Text Grid Description
armani11.wav armani11 H* H* L-L%
armani12.wav armani12 L* H- L* H-H%
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