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This nuclear configuration is phonetically realized as a rise during the last accented syllable followed by a fall to a low level.
It is found in narrow focus statements, exclamatives and imperatives.
Example: Narrow focus statement
Volen MELMELADA (i no pas mantega)
[They want jam (not butter)]
![L+H* L%](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-03/lphslb_1_1.png?itok=RGQX_L_j)
Example: Exclamative with rhematization
MELMELADA volen (i no pas mantega)
[JAM is what they want (and not butter)]
![L+H* L%](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-03/lphslb_2_0.png?itok=jyDdtSt3)
Example: Imperative
Demana-li!
[Ask him/her!]
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