Historical information: Language documentation for the Makah language (ISO: myh) was created at di•ya (Neah Bay, WA) in 1965 by William H. Jacobsen (recordings and transcriptions), Ralph LaChester (Makah, recorded speaker), and Mabel Robertson (Makah, translations). The audio and handwritten notes are archived at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (see Associated materials above). The present collection builds upon the original materials by creating time-aligned digital annotations that include the original transcriptions and translations as well as a naturalized translation and it stems from a summer research project funded by a 2018 Roger S. Smith award to Erin Hashimoto, under the supervision of Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada, at the University of Alberta.
Scope and content: The materials in this collection include time-aligned transcriptions and translations of Makah narratives, originally recorded by William Jacobsen in 1965, with some newly spliced audio recordings (where a narrative was split over more than one recording or where one recording included more than one story). For each bundle, two time-aligned files were created: the first one was created with SayMore and includes the original transcription and translation and the second one, created in ELAN, includes a naturalized translation and a tier with notes (in addition to the original transcription and translation).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Erin Hashimoto and Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada. Time-aligned Annotations of Makah Narratives, SCL 2018-32, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2ZW1J3J
Associated materials: LA52, "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. Collection of Makah Sound Recordings" (specifically LA52.018, LA52.019, and LA52.020); 2014-21.001.041 "Makah Elicitation with Ralph LaChester: Texts, Notebook '1'"; 2014-21.001.042 "Makah Elicitation with Ralph LaChester: Texts, Notebook '2'"
Description: An oral story in the Makah language entitled 'Autobiographical Sketch' as told by Ralph LaChester and translated by Mabel Robertson. Documented by William H. Jacobsen in 1965. Original audio and written notes from SCOIL: audio LA52.020; transcription and translation 2014.21.001.041 [pp. 58-79] and 2014.21.001.042 [pp. 1-14]. Files include: a 2-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation), a 4-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation as well as a naturalized translation and researcher notes), and a PDF of the 4-tier annotation. This bundle does not include an audio file because the original audio (LA52.020) includes only this story.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Autobiographical Sketch, 2018-32.004, in "Time-aligned Annotations of Makah Narratives", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25983
Item number: 2018-32.002
Date: May 2018 to Nov 2018
Relations to this bundle:LA 52.018 is a source of this Item; 2014-21.001.041 is a source of this Item
Description: An oral story in the Makah language of 'How the Makah Got Neah Bay' as told by Ralph LaChester and translated by Mabel Robertson. Documented by William H. Jacobsen in 1965. Original audio and written notes from SCOIL: audio, excerpt from LA52.018 [4:21-12:32]; transcription and translation 2014.21.001.041 [pp. 23-35]. Files include: an edited audio file of the source materials, a 2-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation), a 4-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation as well as a naturalized translation and researcher notes), and a PDF of the 4-tier annotation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: How the Makah Got Neah Bay, 2018-32.002, in "Time-aligned Annotations of Makah Narratives", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25848
Item number: 2018-32.001
Date: May 2018 to Nov 2018
Relations to this bundle:LA 52.017 is a source of this Item; 2014-21.001.041 is a source of this Item; LA 52.018 is a source of this Item
Description: An oral story in the Makah language of 'The Last Makah War' as told by Ralph LaChester and translated by Mabel Robertson. Documented by William H. Jacobsen in 1965. Original audio and written notes from SCOIL: audio LA52.017 and part of LA52.018 [0:00-4:21]; transcription and translation 2014.21.001.041 [pp. 1-22]. Files include: an edited audio file from the source materials, a 2-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation), a 4-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation as well as a naturalized translation and researcher notes), and a PDF of the 4-tier annotation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: The Last Makah War, 2018-32.001, in "Time-aligned Annotations of Makah Narratives", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25845
Item number: 2018-32.003
Date: May 2018 to Nov 2018
Relations to this bundle:LA 52.019 is a source of this Item; 2014-21.001.041 is a source of this Item
Description: An oral story in the Makah language of 'Two Men Return from South' as told by Ralph LaChester and translated by Mabel Robertson. Documented by William H. Jacobsen in 1965. Original audio and written notes from SCOIL: audio LA52.019; transcription and translation 2014.21.001.041 [pp. 36-57]. Files include: a 2-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation), a 4-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation as well as a naturalized translation and researcher notes), and a PDF of the 4-tier annotation. This bundle does not include an audio file because the original audio (LA52.019) includes only this story.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Two Men Return from South, 2018-32.003, in "Time-aligned Annotations of Makah Narratives", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25982
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