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[Monologic texts, conversations, lexical elicitation]

  • Item identifier: 2018-03.007
  • Date: 1965
  • Contributors: Lawrence Joseph (consultant, translator); James Park (consultant); Gladwyn Kingsley Noble Jr. (researcher); Manjari Ohala (donor)
  • Language: Wapishana (wap)
  • Place: Rupununi River, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana
  • Description: File 2018-03.007_A begins with a man, possibly James Park, whose name is written on the box containing the original reel, speaking in Wapishana to a crowd, followed by other unknown male voices; at 29'21" G.K. Noble speaks to a child, asking, for example, "What's your name?" File 2018-03.007_B begins similarly, with an unknown male speaker, in story-like fashion, with others present. At 09'53" Lawrence Joseph carries out lexical elicitation with English and Wapishana terms on an unkown language (perhaps Cariban). At 18'55" Noble carries out lexical elicitation on Wapishana with Lawrence Joseph, based on notes from July 23 and 24, 1965. The notes are based on William Farabee's (1918) publication.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Catalog history: Reel 7 sides A & B
  • Collection: Linguistic Materials on Indigenous Languages of Guyana
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: [Monologic texts, conversations, lexical elicitation], 2018-03.007, in "Linguistic Materials on Indigenous Languages of Guyana", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2ZG6R7K.

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