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[Lexical elicitation, monologic text]

  • Item identifier: 2018-03.012
  • Date: 1965
  • Contributors: Christine Xavier (consultant); Felix Xavier (consultant); Gladwyn Kingsley Noble Jr. (researcher); Lawrence Joseph (translator); Manjari Ohala (donor)
  • Languages: Atorai (aox); Wapishana (wap)
  • Place: Rupununi River, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana
  • Description: File 2018-03.012_A begins with comparative Wapishana-Atorai vocabulary with Felix Xavier and an unknown woman (probably his wife) speaking Atorai and Lawrence Joseph speaking Wapishana. At 17'07" there is a monologic text given by an unknown male speaker, who indicates that he is the youngest son of the Tushau. At 18'15" Christine Xavier speaks in Wapishana, with Lawrence Joseph and at least one other man speaking in Wapishana in the background. At 19'00" Noble reads out a list of Atorai words collected on August 4 and 5, with English translation, asking Felix Xavier to repeat them; the same unknown woman is in the background. File 2018-03.012_B continues with the same configuration as the end of 2018-03.012_A.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Catalog history: Reel 12 sides A & B
  • Collection: Linguistic Materials on Indigenous Languages of Guyana
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: [Lexical elicitation, monologic text], 2018-03.012, in "Linguistic Materials on Indigenous Languages of Guyana", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25071.

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