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
Preferred 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.
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 November 2018 and May 2019. The course was taught by Prof. Lev Michael, and the language consultants were Brenda Calmo Jerónimo, Gerardo Jerónimo Lorenzo, and Rudy Pablo. 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 phonetics, and of narrative texts.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Brenda Calmo Jerónimo, Gerardo Jerónimo Lorenzo, Rudy Pablo, Schuyler Laparle, Tyler Lemon, Lev Michael, Martha Schwarz, and Wesley dos Santos. Berkeley Field Methods: Todos Santos de Cuchamatán Mam, 2018-37, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2862DV1.
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 2018-21 for the materials on San Pedro Necta Mam.
Scope and content:Audio and/or video recordings of PhD defenses in the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, with associated materials such as PDFs of slides and handouts, audio and video example clips, etc.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: . Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses, 2018-27, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XK8CQS.
Description:PhD candidate: Skilton; PhD dissertation committee: Michael (chair), Mikkelsen, Hanks (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. The first .wav file includes the research presentation followed by questions from Michael and Mikkelsen; the second .wav file includes questions from Hanks and the audience. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation; the other .pdf file, and the .mov file, are referenced in the presentation. To display correctly, the video clip must be opened in VLC Media Player together with the subtitles file.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Amalia Skilton: Spatial and Non-spatial Deixis in Cushillococha Ticuna, 2018-27.002, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26632.
Description:PhD candidate: Clem; PhD dissertation committee: Deal (chair), Jenks, Mikkelsen, Kavitskaya (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. The first .wav file includes the research presentation followed by questions from the committee; the second .wav file includes questions from the audience, excepting the first few minutes that were not recorded. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Emily Clem: Agreement, Case, and Switch-reference in Amahuaca, 2018-27.003, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26869.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Grammatical elicitation: Main clause verbal agreement, 2018-21.024, 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/X2V986FR.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Grammatical elicitation: Subject and object exhaustive focus, 2018-37.046, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Todos Santos de Cuchamatán Mam", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29W0CV2.
Description:PhD candidate: Neely; PhD dissertation committee: Michael (chair), Sweetser, Davidson (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. There are audio and video files for each of four segments of the defense. (Some pairs of those files are not exactly equivalent, since the audio and video recorders were turned on and shut off at slightly different times.) Files containing 01 correspond to the research presentation, 02-03 to questions from the committee, and 04 to questions from the audience. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Kelsey Neely: The Linguistic Expression of Affective Stance in Yaminawa (Pano, Peru), 2018-27.001, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29C6VMT.
Description:PhD candidate: Dawson; PhD dissertation committee: Deal (chair), Jenks, Mikkelsen, Yalcin (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. The defense was held on Zoom due to COVID-19. There is a single video file that includes the research presentation, questions from the committee, then questions from the audience. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Virginia Dawson: Existential Quantification in Tiwa: Disjunction and Indefinites, 2018-27.005, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2SX6BJK.
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