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[Lexical elicitation, monologic text]

  • Item identifier: 2018-03.013
  • Date: 1965
  • Contributors: Christine George (consultant); Veronica Johnson (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 2018-03.13_A begins with G.K. Noble checking previously collected Atorai lexical data with Felix Xavier. At 03'51" Christine George gives a text in what seems to be Atorai, given the pace of her speaking. At 06'02" Noble conducts lexical elicitation on Wapishana with Lawrence Joseph, reading aloud English terms that were reviewed first on August 4 & 5, 1965. File 2018-03.013_B continues with the same configuration as the end of 2018-03.013_A. At 07'09" Lawrence Joseph reviews Wapishana vocabulary with Veronica Johnson, reading aloud an English term, then giving the Wapishana, with her repeating the Wapishana term. Noble seems to be targeting possible differences in pronunciation between the two speakers. From 30'00" to the end (near) minimal pairs seem to be targeted.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Collection: Linguistic Materials on Indigenous Languages of Guyana
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: [Lexical elicitation, monologic text], 2018-03.013, 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/25073.

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