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.
Historical information: In the mid-2000s, Andrew Garrett (UC Berkeley) and Susan Gehr (Karuk tribal linguist, archivist, and language program coordinator) worked together to create an online searchable version of William Bright and Gehr's "Karuk dictionary" (2005), in a website hosted by the UC Berkeley Linguistics Department. In 2008 and 2009, Gehr and Karuk language program coordinator Ruth Rouvier invited Garrett to work with Karuk community members on data management and archiving for language documentation. From this emerged a Karuk language documentation project involving collaboration among Berkeley linguists, the Karuk Tribe, and Karuk tribal members. The project was led at Berkeley by Line Mikkelsen and Andrew Garrett (and initially Alice Gaby, who subsequently left Berkeley); other participants included Karuk first-language speakers Lucille Albers, Sonny Davis, Vina Smith, and Charlie Thom Sr.; second-language speakers, learners, and teachers Tamara Alexander, LuLu Alexander, Crystal Richardson, and Florrine Super; and UC Berkeley graduate students Erik Hans Maier and Clare Sandy. Active documentation began in 2010 and continued through at least 2017. (Elders Thom, Albers, and Smith passed away in 2013, 2014, and 2015, respectively.) Among other research activities, this project involved extensive work with texts, including the creation of digital versions of legacy texts (e.g. all texts published in William Bright's 1957 "The Karok language"), transcribing new texts, and analyzing texts. The text analysis also involved preparation of a treebank of syntactically parsed Karuk sentences.
Scope and content: The collection consists mainly of field recordings made by Berkeley faculty and students with Karuk elders as well as younger language learners and second-language speakers. Most of the items in the collection are organized as follows: recordings made on a single research trip (on one or more days) are bundled together as digital assets of a single item. One item in the collection contains grant applications (e.g. for a National Science Foundation grant); another item contains handouts and posters from conference presentations by Berkeley project participants. The field recordings include a wide range of texts, text types, and methodologies (elicitation, free texts, responses to stimuli, discussion of legacy recordings); they cover a variety of linguistic topics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Sonny Davis, Crystal Richardson, Vina Smith, Charlie Thom Sr., LuLu Alexander, Tamara Alexander, Andrew Garrett, Erik Hans Maier, Line Mikkelsen, Clare S. Sandy, and Florrine Super. Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project, 2017-04, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2RR1WFX.
Historical information: Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec (TdVZ) is an endangered language spoken in Teotitlán del Valle, approximately 25 kilometers east of Oaxaca City, the capital of Oaxaca state in southern Mexico. Government estimates as of 2010 stated that there were 198 monolingual speakers and 3,601 bilingual speakers. Although the language is categorized by Ethnologue as being 'developing' because the community is in the process of implementing an orthography and of creating a literature, one can observe that the youngest generation is not becoming fluent in the language. While there is bilingual education available in preschool and high school, these programs do not effectively teach the language to students. Instead, most children become fluent in Spanish, the regionally dominant language and the language used in the elementary school. The materials in this collection were developed primarily by Julia Nee as part of ongoing fieldwork during her time as a graduate student at UC Berkeley. The orthography used in field notes reflects the orthographic standards adopted by the community's language committee, and explained in the document "El Alfabeto del Zapoteco de Teotitlán del Valle" archived in this collection. All audio was recorded on an H4N Zoom digital recorder. Funding for this research has come from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant administered by the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and content: Audio recordings of elicitation sessions and of conversational texts; field notes; ancillary documents
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Anonymous, Efraín Lazo Pérez, Trinidad Martinez Soza, and Julia Eileen Nee. Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec, 2016-02, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2M32SZ0.
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.
Availability: Restricted. (Access only by depositor permission. Email scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to inquire.)
Description: This item includes published research papers as well as handouts and posters related to the Karuk project by researchers associated with the project. Conferences represented include the International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation and annual meetings of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Conference handouts, posters, and papers, 2017-04.001, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24276.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): Garrett-Mikkelsen-ICLDC-slides-2015.pdf (15076795 bytes) Garrett_Maier_Mikkelsen_Sandy-SSILA-slides-2015.pdf (5028980 bytes)
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.
Availability: Restricted. (Access only by depositor permission. Email scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to inquire.)
Description: This contains documents pertaining to a grant application to the National Science Foundation, which was funded as award number 1065620, "Karuk [kyh] and Yurok [yur] syntax and text documentation", principal investigators Andrew Garrett and Line Mikkelsen; and other grant applications.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Grant applications, 2017-04.002, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24280.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): Garrett_Mikkelsen-National_Science_Foundation_2010.pdf (242603 bytes)
Description: Elicitation on topics including: vocabulary for going to the doctor; appositional use of Karuk pronoun 'uum'; reduplication with inflection.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, April 2016, 2017-04.041, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24383.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: use of Karuk 1st-person prefixes 'ni-' and 'na-' in expression of personal states; monomorphemic words in isolation and in sentences for accent contrasts; verbs of position; possessives; how to say 'where is X?'; non-geminating consonants; locatives; relative clauses.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, December 2011, 2017-04.011, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24349.
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Description: Elicitation of topics including: borrowings from English; description of Story Builder cards; description of landscape scenes from a calendar; instrumental constructions; instrument nouns; various vocabulary; narration of "The Three Bears" using Carolyn "Lyn" Risling's "The Three Bears" coloring book (Published 1984 by ITEP, reprinted 2013). Also includes listening and translating of legacy recordings.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, December 2013, 2017-04.025, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24366.
Description: Elicitation on topics including: introductions; relations; place names; word order of adverbial complement and focus; parts of a house and appliances; miscellaneous vocabulary; reworking traditional Skunk Story. narration of "The Three Bears" using Carolyn "Lyn" Risling's "The Three Bears" coloring book (Published 1984 by ITEP, reprinted 2013).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, December 2015, 2017-04.037, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24379.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: description of Story Builder cards; instruction and alien picture description games; miscellaneous vocabulary. Also includes conversation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, February 2016, 2017-04.039, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24381.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: questions, description of Topological Relations Picture Series, attributive modification. Also includes two conversations in Karuk/English and a personal anecdote in Karuk.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2011, 2017-04.007.001, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24343.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2011: Sensitive recordings, 2017-04.007.002, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24344.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2012, 2017-04.012.002, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24351.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2012, 2017-04.012.001, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24350.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 2017-04.012.001_file_metadata.txt (278 bytes) karuk-2012-01-09-aglm-mbs-1.WAV (308320744 bytes)
Description: Elicitation on topics including: minor bodily ailments and conditions (nosebleeds, etc.); comparatives; compounds; verb paradigms for accent; bathing and grooming; cooking vocabulary; imperatives; constituent questions; animal (mostly fish) names and fishing vocabulary; '-er' words (singer, hunter, etc.); Also includes a prayer.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2013, 2017-04.017, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24356.
Description: Elicitation on topics including: narration of "The Three Bears" using Carolyn "Lyn" Risling's "The Three Bears" coloring book (Published 1984by ITEP, reprinted 2013); negation of verbal and non-verbal possessive clauses; various vocabulary and phrases. Includes a personal anecdote in Karuk from Vina Smith.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2014, 2017-04.026, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24367.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: useful everyday language for learners (I'm hungry/sleepy, what time is it?, etc.); intimate language (fighting, loving, gossip); miscellaneous words and phrases. Also includes cultural discussion, discussion about dialects and variation, and a prayer.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2017, 2017-04.048.001, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24390.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: Intimate language (fighting, loving, gossip); miscellaneous words and phrases. Also includes a prayer and song.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, January 2017: Sensitive recordings, 2017-04.048.002, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24391.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: NP coordination w. 'xákaan'; verbalizer -hi and agreement; Future '-avish' with various particles. Also includes relistening/translation of earlier recorded texts.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, July 2012, 2017-04.015, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24354.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: translation into Karuk of "We are praying for healing"; sentences with Karuk verb 'chupúnuthi' (to talk about); miscellaneous phrases.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, July 2016, 2017-04.044, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24386.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, June 2011: Sensitive recordings, 2017-04.008.002, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24346.
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Description: Elicitation on topics including: Karuk verb 'musahi' (to look like); verbs with complement clauses; compounds; unstable accent words; use of Karuk suffixes '-ar' and '-kurih'; use of Karuk word 'vaa'; secondary predicates; description of line drawings (created by Alfred Hayes as elicitation prompts); animal vocabulary; verbs with various person prefixes and '-eesh' for accent; semantics/truth conditions of '-ar'; Frog Story; various vocabulary. Also includes a wealth of anecdotes and narratives told by Charlie Thom Sr, as well as relistening and translation of a Chester Pepper recording.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, June 2013 trip 2, 2017-04.021.001, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24361.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, June 2013 trip 2: Sensitive recordings, 2017-04.021.002, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24362.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, March 2012, 2017-04.013, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24352.
Description: Elicitation on topics including: posture verbs; complement clauses; ordering of negative 'pu-' and perfective 'ta'; compounds (as environments for labialization). Also includes reading of traditional texts by Arch Super.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, March 2013, 2017-04.018, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24357.
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Description: "Elicitation on topics including: 'survival' phrases; weather and miscelleaneous vocabulary; use of pluractional/collective suffix '-naa'; word order; narration of ""The Three Bears"" using Carolyn ""Lyn"" Risling's ""The Three Bears"" coloring book (Published 1984 by ITEP, reprinted 2013). Also includings listening and translating of legacy recordings. "
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Karuk field recordings, March 2014, 2017-04.028, in "Materials of the Berkeley Karuk Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/24369.
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