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[Group conversations, monologic texts, cassava grating, lexical elicitation]

  • Item identifier: 2018-03.005
  • Date: 1965
  • Contributors: Albert Atkinsen (consultant); Fred Atkinsen (consultant); Salvadore Atkinsen (consultant); Percy Griffith (consultant); Lorendo James (consultant); Lawrence Joseph (consultant); James Park (consultant); Claris Peters (consultant); Doris Peters (consultant); Sylvia Peters (consultant); Elizabeth Winter (consultant); Eric Winter (consultant); Gladwyn Kingsley Noble Jr. (researcher); Manjari Ohala (donor)
  • Language: Wapishana (wap)
  • Place: Rupununi River, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana
  • Description: File 2018-03.005_A begins in a group setting, with Tushau speaking in Wapishana (with possible correspondences to unknown notebooks summarized as "12/7-1"). At 00'55" an unknown woman speaks in Wapishana. At 01'54" there is a conversation in Wapishana between Tushau and James Park, still with others present. At 03'00" Salvador Atkins speaks in Wapishana, with translation in English. At 05'15" Doris Peters and Sylvia Peters converse in Wapishana. At 06'40" Lorendo James speaks in Wapishana. At 07'20" two unknown women speak in Wapishana. At 09'30" Patronella and Cecilia converse in Wapishana. At 11'17" Fred Atkinsen and Eric Winter converse in Wapishana, and again at 13'00" in English. At 14'53" Elizabeth Winter and Claris Peters converse in Wapishana. At 16'26" Fred Atkinsen speaks in Wapishana. At 17'40" Percy Griffith sings "Oh! Susanna." At 19'22" Albert Atkinsen speaks in English. At 20'38" Tushau gives a "closing statement" (as described in handwritten metadata). At 23'40", 24'42", and 25'21" three brief monologues by women indicated as Julian, Karedad, and Manika in handwritten metadata (corresponding notebooks summarized as "15/7-1-2," 15/7-3-5," and 5/7-6-7," respectively). At 25'48" Eric Winter, Lawrence Joseph, and Lorendo James converse ("15/7-8-15"). At 28'06" Maud ("a village counselor") gives an "opening statement at cassava grating." At 30'06" there are women talking and grating cassava. At 31'26" there is a closing statement to the cassava grating. File 2018-03.005_B begins with Noble conducting lexical elicitation on Wapishana with Lawrence Joseph.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Catalog history: Reel 5 sides A & B
  • Collection: Linguistic Materials on Indigenous Languages of Guyana
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: [Group conversations, monologic texts, cassava grating, lexical elicitation], 2018-03.005, 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/X26W993V.

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