The contributions aim not only to broaden the descriptive base for intonation typology but also to test proposals about the way intonation can be realized in tone languages. Current textbooks on tone and/or intonation – like Cruttenden (1997), Yip (2002) and Ladd (2008) – survey the expected range of phonetic means for expressing intonation in tone languages, based on the scant existing literature. The consensus is that tonal languages can make use of: 1- pitch register raising or lowering (Cruttenden 1997, Yip 2002); 2- downdrift (downstep) and the suspension of downdrift (Cruttenden 1997, Yip 2002); 3- expansion or narrowing of the pitch range (Cruttenden 1997, Ladd 2008 and Yip 2002); 4- some kind of modification of the final tone of the utterance (Cruttenden 1997); or 5- boundary tones at domain edges or on the closest head (Yip 2002, Ladd 2008). The studies in this volume make particular contributions to our knowledge of the role of “downtrends” (i.e., downdrift, downstep, declination and final lowering), changes in register, and boundary tones, especially final boundary tones, in the intonation of tone languages.