Consultant background and elicitation on nominal possession
- Item identifier: 2020-15.004
- Date: 12 Sep 2020
- Contributors: Nelly Idalia Nikte Maldonado Sales (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
- Language: San Sebastián Huehuetenango Mam
- Description: This is a one hour remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish. For the majority of the interview, Tessa asks consultant questions about language background and upbringing, and explains the idea of an archive and the methods for future interviews. Near minute 23:30 is an elicitation on nominal possession of several nouns, followed by a present imperfective conjugation of the verb 'to walk'. In this file bundle: 1 Zoom video/audio recording, 1 Zoom chat file, 1 pdf of typed notes.
- Availability: Online access
- Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Consultant background and elicitation on nominal possession , 2020-15.004, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X23T9G8J.
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