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 September 2018 and October 2018. The course was taught by Prof. Lev Michael, and the language consultant was Wendy Ruiz. All other contributors listed as researchers were students in the course.
Scope and content:Sound recordings and notes from in-class and small-group elicitation sessions pertaining to lexicon, grammar, and phonology.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Wendy Ruiz, Schuyler Laparle, Tyler Lemon, Lev Michael, Martha Schwarz, and Wesley dos Santos. Berkeley Field Methods: San Pedro Necta Mam, 2018-21, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25T3HWC.
Associated materials:This course began with a focus on San Pedro Necta Mam, but transitioned midway through to a focus on Todos Santos de Cuchamatán Mam. See 2018-37 for the materials on that variety.
Description:Focusing on kinship relations (e.g., 'this girl is the man's wife' vs. 'this man is the boy's father') and proper nouns (e.g., 'Peter is the man's father').
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical Elicitation: Copular clauses, 2017-07.126, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2PK0DTB.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical Elicitation: Disjunction and coordination, 2017-07.178, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X23F4N7G.
Description:Various tense and aspectual categories (e.g., 'Tessa opened the door,' 'Tessa was about to open the door'). Lead elicitor: Eric Wilbanks. Clean copy: Yevgeniy Melguy.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical Elicitation: Tense and aspect, 2017-07.118, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2G15ZG0.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical and lexical elicitation: Object relative clauses, possessive forms of 'food', 2017-07.116, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2QJ7FXQ.
Description:Person terms include 'man,' 'men,' 'girl,' 'girls,' etc. Adjectival constructions involve combinations of animacy and number, and include negated phrases.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical and lexical elicitation: Person terms and adjectival constructions, 2017-07.032, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29S1PPW.
Description:Elicitation of various extracted arguments as well as two narratives with naturalistic targeted wh-questions and focused argument responses.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical and phonological elicitation: Focus and prosody, 2017-07.193, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29022D9.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical and phonological elicitation: Focus and prosody in declaratives and interrogatives, 2017-07.158, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2JM288C.
Description:Elicitation of neutral and focused constructions of coordinated DPs or DPs with adjectival modifiers in various selective focus contexts, with special focus on "natural" style in order to conduct prosodic analyses.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical and phonological elicitation: Focus with coordinate structures, 2017-07.174, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2GQ6WDJ.
Description:Elicitation of various person/number verbal paradigms, with a focus on the constraints on the alternation between ching and chi. Lead elicitor: Lev Michael. Clean copy: Eric Wilbanks.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Alignment and agreement, 2017-07.165, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NC5ZTG.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Comparison object and possessor relative clauses, 2017-07.135, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2HT2MZ7.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Complex predication, 2018-21.036, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Pedro Necta Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29C6VTH.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Content and polar questions with answers, 2017-07.059, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2ZC81GR.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copula constructions with 'happy', 2018-21.023, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Pedro Necta Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2028PXN.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses, 2017-07.117, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2KS6Q6D.
Description:Focusing on relations of predication (e.g., 'the man is funny'), specification (e.g., 'the owner of the chicken is Henry'), and equation (e.g., 'John is Henry').
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses, 2017-07.119, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2B856RN.
Description:Includes full pronominal paradigms for adjectival predicates (e.g., 'I am/was/will be funny'), and examples of nominal predicates (e.g., 'the man is a priest' vs. 'she is his wife').
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses and existential constructions, 2017-07.125, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2TB15J2.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses and existential constructions, 2017-07.089, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X26Q1VW1.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses and existential constructions, 2017-07.098, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21Z431Q.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses and existentials, 2017-07.097, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25Q4TQ6.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses and possession, 2017-07.146, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X23N222H.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Copular clauses with nominal and adjectival predicates, 2017-07.090, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22Z1453.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Definiteness, 'have', 2017-07.065, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29K48V7.
Description:Includes comparison of descriptions of other Mam dialects' directional systems. Lead elicitor and scribe: Lev Michael. Clean copy: Eric Wilbanks.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Directionals, 2017-07.155, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XW4HFF.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Directionals and noun coordination, 2017-07.183, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2FQ9V7Q.
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Suggested citation: Grammatical elicitation: Disjunction in relative clauses and focus constructions, 2017-07.190, in "Berkeley Field Methods: San Juan Atitán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2P849JX.
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