Historical information:These recordings were collected by Guy Tyler, working with multiple consultants who spoke different varieties of Romani.
Scope and content:Sound recordings of elicitation, field notes
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Joe Adams, Bessy, Sally Bumbalow, Mary Cooper, Bob Davis, Janet George, Gus, Helen Herezegh, Danny John, Nick Johnson, Raida Johnson, John Lee, Mary Lee, George Marks, Linda Marks, Bini (Ben) Miller, Catherine Miller, Frank Mitchell, Edith Quick, Raita, Mara Richard, Rachel Richard, Steve Richard, Cookie Riste, Danny Riste, Frank "Dudo" Riste, Morena Riste, Rosie, Eda Siganoff, Roy Siganoff, Ruby Siganoff, Nina Signo, Joe Sztogka, Mary Thomas, Tom Thomas, Frank Thompson, and Guy Tyler. Romani Sound Recordings, 2018-30, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X298855F.
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 (2018-30.005A.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.
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.
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