Preferred citation: Untitled text, LA 123.001, in "The Harry Hoijer collection of Navajo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18787.
Preferred citation: Untitled text, LA 123.002, in "The Harry Hoijer collection of Navajo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18788.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.003A.wav) contains a recording involving the elicitation of words beginning with "flour," "flour mill," "wind," etc. It ends with "command me and it is done" in English only. Side 2 (2018-30.003B.wav) contains a recording of a sentence elicitation session beginning with "I have to take a bath." It contains a short explanation of "the" and "a" in front of nouns, as well as adjective placement. The recording ends with "the car is all torn up."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.003, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25745.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.011A.wav) consists of a recording beginning with a discussion about intermarriage between Romani tribes. It ends with "on this side," "one," and "only." Side 2 (2018-30.011B.wav) consists of a recording involving lexical and sentence elicitation beginning with "otherwise" and ends with "he had an operation."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.011, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25753.
Item number: 2018-30.014
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.014A.wav) consists of a recording beginning with names of pets. It ends with eliciting the phrase "I forgot." Side 2 (2018-30.014B.wav) consists of a recording starting with a repeat of "I forgot" and ending with the phrase in Romani "she ought to develop her talent."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.014, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25761.
Item number: 2018-30.017
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.017A.wav) consists of a recording of a sentence and lexical elicitation session beginning with the sentence "I loosened it" and ends with "pour me some water." Side 2 (2018-30.017B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "pour me some water" and ends with "it takes her as long as she lives to get ready."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.017, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25764.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.007A.wav) contains a recording of a sentence elicitation session beginning with "I feel like raising hell" and "go straight ahead." It ends with "you are welcome." ("I'm glad to help you" was asked but was not completed.) Side 2 (2018-30.007B.wav) contains a recording beginning with how to tell time in Romani. It ends with children singing and talking.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.007, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25749.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.010A.wav) consists of a recording with a discussion about Romani weddings, as well as other customs. Side 2 (2018-30.010B.wav) contains a recording starting with a discussion about Pomana (black party). It ends with a discussion about Romani trials.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.010, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25752.
Item number: 2018-30.013
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.013A.wav) consists of a recording begining with a description of bartering for a bride. Black feasts and funerals are also described. Side 2 (2018-30.013B.wav) consists of a recording which continues the discussion of Romani funerals. It ends with a listing of Romani tribes.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.013, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25760.
Item number: 2018-30.016
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.016A.wav) consists of a recording involving sentence elicitation beginning with "I shall go to the movies tonight." It ends with a description of playing cards. Side 2 (2018-30.016B.wav) consists of a recording beginning with eliciting the word "king" and ends with eliciting the sentence"I'm loosening it."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.016, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25763.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.005A.wav) contains a recording involving sentence elicitation beginning with "he is lazy," "he has no shame," etc. It ends with consultant Edith Quick describing Romani marriage customs (in English and Romani). Side 2 (2018-30.005B.wav) contains a recording which continues the discussion of Romani marriage customs. It ends with "listen to me!" and "I want you to help me."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.005, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25747.
Item number: 2018-30.012
Date: Dec 1967 to Jan 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.012A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences. The session begins with translations to Russian Romani of "plane crash," "car wreck," "knife," "blade of grass," etc. It ends with "he bought a new car." Side 2 (2018-30.012B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "the father of the boy" and ends with "on their price" and a discussion about Romani life.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.012, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25754.
Item number: 2018-30.015
Date: Apr 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.015A.wav) consists of a recording of sentence elicitation beginning with "I ought to work harder." It ends with "a small cooking pot" (PirÃ). Side 2 (2018-30.015B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "the pig is cooked over a fire." It ends with "I shall go to the movies tonight."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.015, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25762.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.004A.wav) contains a recording of a lexical elicitation session beginning with "fruit," "apple," etc. It ends with "he put it there last night." Side 2 (2018-30.004B.wav) contains a recording involving eliciting sentences beginning with "I took it home," "you took it," "he took it," etc. It ends with "Los Angeles has a population of 2,660,000 people."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.004, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25746.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.006A.wav) contains a recording involving sentence elicitation beginning with "I'm not going to tell you again." Consultant Edith Quick's daughter and daughter-in-law also participate in elicitation. Side 2 (2018-30.006B.wav) contains a recording beginning with eliciting such words as "nasty," "natural," "naughty," etc. It ends with eliciting sentences like "I'm drunk."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.006, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25748.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.008A.wav) consists of elicitation of vocabulary beginning with "widow." It ends with "at present" and "at times." Side 2 (2018-30.008B.wav) also consists of elicitation of vocabulary items beginning with "badly" and ends with "I like you."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.008, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25750.
Item number: 2018-30.019
Date: 19 Jun 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.019A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences starting with "the scales did not balance." It ends with "the sun will shine today," but the translation is not completed. Side 2 (2018-30.019B.wav) consists of a recording starting with "the sun will shine today" and ends with eliciting the word "cotton field."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.019, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25766.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.009A.wav) consists of a recording of a sentence elicitation session which starts with a description of Romani rules regarding washing clothes, dishes, soap use, etc. It ends with the "used to be" structure and "soap floats on water." Side 2 (2018-30.009B.wav) consists of a recording starting with eliciting the word "noise." It ends with an explanation of where sons and daughters go to live after they get married.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.009, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25751.
Item number: 2018-30.018
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.018A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences starting with "I've got to go and milk the cows." It ends with "he hit him in the mouth." Side 2 (2018-30.018B.wav) consists of a recording beginning with a repeat of "he hit him in the mouth." It ends with "the scales did not balance."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.018, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25765.
Item number: 2018-30.020
Date: 1968 to 1970
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.020A.wav) consists of discussions about Romani vocabulary. It also includes eliciting sentences such as "I guess so" and ends with copies of Romani music originally on records. Side 2 (2018-30.020B.wav) consists of a recording with discussions of how Kaldarash Romani is different from Russian Romani.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.020, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25767.
Description:Side A (2018-30.001A.wav) contains a recording with vocabulary, including weather terms, directional terms, familial terms, adjectives, sentences, residential terms, metals, and verb conjugations. Side 2 (2018-30.001B.wav) contains vocabulary (body parts, parts of a house, religious terms, sentences, animals) and a short explanation of Romani grammar.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation], 2018-30.001, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25720.
Description:This file bundle contains four audio recordings of Hungarian Romani. Side 1A (2018-30.024A-1.wav) consists of lexical elicitation sessions on separate occasions in 1971. Side 2A (2018-30.024A-2.wav) also includes elicitation of lexical items, investigating dialectal differences, and a discussion about how non-Romanis in Hungary would probably not teach the language to outsiders. Side 1B (2018-30.024B-1.wav) is a continuation of the session in Side 2A and includes lexical elicitation. Side 2B (2018-30.024B-2.wav) includes lexical elicitation pertaining to body terms and also a discussion on Romani customs and superstitions.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Linguistic elicitation], 2018-30.024, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25771.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.021A.wav) consists of a recording starting with a discussion about dialectal differences in Kaldarash Romani compared to other dialects. Side 2 (2018-30.021B.wav) consists of a recording that continues the discussion about Romani dialects. It ends with eliciting words such as "to mix," "Monday," and "money." Some of the consultants on this side (R. Richard, L. Marks) are Machwanska (or Machwaya).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Linguistic elicitation], 2018-30.021, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25768.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.022A.wav) contains sound recordings of Machwano (or Machwaya) as well as Râmnichel (or Romanichal) dialects. Side 2 (2018-30.022B.wav) contains sound recordings beginning with the translation into Romani, "my son never gives me any trouble." There are two different recording sessions contained on this side.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Linguistic elicitation], 2018-30.022, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25769.
Description:This sound recording include sentence elicitation, include such phrases as "they are very pretty pictures", "I like them", "I like this one the best", "this picture is too dark", etc. The sound recording also contains copies of several Romani songs starting at 9:38. Beginning at 14:54 is an elicitation session with Mary Lee on March 26 1972. This session contains lexical elicitation of clothing terms with some sentence elicitation followed by a discussion about Romani culture (e.g. dance) and about Mary Lee's family. The 2018-30.026.pdf contains a scan of the box which includes a handwritten description of the contents.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Linguistic elicitation], 2018-30.026, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25773.
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