Historical information:This collection consists of materials produced by students of the graduate-level field methods course in the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley between August 2007 and May 2008. The course was taught by professors Alice Gaby, and the language consultant was Ni Luai Thang. All other listed contributors were students in the course.
Scope and content:Sound recordings of elicitation and texts, transcriptions, student assignments, palatography photos. The collection is organized into four series: Series I, sound recordings of in-class and small-group elicitation sessions, arranged chronologically (many with transcriptions in .trs files openable in Transcriber); Series II, interlinear texts (an assignment for each student); Series III, remaining student assignments; and Series IV, palatography photos from Dominic Yu's class project. Most file bundles containing sound recordings contain content descriptions based on metadata spreadsheets maintained by each student in the course; descriptive content was populated by Berkeley undergraduate student Ellis Miller. Initials in file names and elsewhere are initials of contributors.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Ni Luai Thang, Amy Campbell, Michael Ellsworth, Ramón Escamilla, Alice Gaby, David Kamholz, Russell Rhodes, Justin Spence, Heather Todd, and Dominic Yu. Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin, 2019-07, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21834VM.
Description:Elicitation of basic greeting formula, consultant's name; ethnographic/biographic info about the consultant, information about the region and town of Falam; elicitation of carrier phrase "I said X"; numerals (1-10, 10s up until 100, 1000); body parts; the possessive pronoun paradigm; transitive verb 'hit' and intransitive verb 'leave' verbal paradigms combined with nominative personal pronouns; some wh-words and simple question formation; some adjectives; started Swadesh 200 List with inquiry into semantic fields related to Swadesh tokens; elicitation of kinship terms. Note: audio from 4 Sep 2007 through 12 Sep 2007 was not recorded, however various handwritten documentation was kept.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Class elicitation session], 2019-07.001.001, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2WH2NBW.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.002, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2RR1WM5.
Description:Re-elicitation of some vocabulary items from 09 Sep 2007; noun-noun compounds (for purpose of tone combinations); simple transitive verbs; foods and how they taste.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.003, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2N29V9X.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Class elicitation session], 2019-07.001.004, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2H993KK.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.005, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2CJ8BVV.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.006, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X27S7M4J.
Description:Elicitation of words with suspected palatal stop/affricate; various nouns and verbs with prefixes (for purposes of tone interactions); word list from 3.44 to 4.23 (weather and fire-related words), with related short sentences; Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus 'natural objects' questionnaire.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.007, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2416VD4.
Description:Elicitation of word lists, mainly body parts and sickness; words and phrases for emotions; motion verbs; short sentences with [k]-final words.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Class elicitation session], 2019-07.001.008, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X20863NB.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.009, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2VH5M6H.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.010, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2QV3JW3.
Description:Elicitation of free/emphatic pronoun paradigms (with example sentences); the verb "fall/drop"; relative clauses; words with initial [d-]/[b-]; types of motion ('over'/'under'/'through'/etc.); directionals.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.011, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2M32T53.
Description:Elicitation of Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus 'natural objects' word list items from 'mud' to 'charcoal'; Swadesh 200 List from 'rub' to 'straight'.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Class elicitation session], 2019-07.001.012, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2GB22FR.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.013, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2BK19Q1.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.014, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X26T0K0Q.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.015, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2319T79.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Class elicitation session], 2019-07.001.016, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2Z899SF.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.017, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2TM78GF.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.018, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2PV6HRQ.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.019, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2K35S1Q.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Class elicitation session], 2019-07.001.020, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2FB519C.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.021, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29K48KN.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.022, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25T3HVX.
Item number: 2019-07.001.023
Date: 19 Oct 2007
Relations to this item:2019-07.001.015 is referenced by this Item
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.023, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2222S5C.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Class elicitation session], 2019-07.001.024, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XD101W.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Small-group elicitation session], 2019-07.001.025, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Falam Chin", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2SN07BM.
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