Historical information:These recordings were produced by students of the field methods course in the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley between August 1986 and July 1987. The course was taught by Professor Leanne Hinton and the language consultant was Rafael Pascual. All other listed contributors were students in the course.
Scope and content:This collection consists of 121 digitized audio recordings that derive from elicitation sessions conducted during biweekly class meetings held throughout the course of the academic year.
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Rafael Pascual, Natasha Beery, Norine Berenz, David J. Costa, Ernesto Diaz-Couder, Leanne Hinton, Jeanie Lerner, Birch Moonwomon, Tony Moy, and Jean Perry Strange. Berkeley Field Methods: Kanjobal Sound Recordings, 2016-01, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2639MQQ.
Associated materials:See Hinton.009.001-003 for paper materials from the same field methods course.
Historical information:Leanne Hinton is Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley and a former Director of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. She received a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 1977. Her doctoral dissertation was a study of Havasupai songs. She has done research on various languages of the Southwest, Mexico, and California, and she has been a leading figure in the study of endangered languages and language revitalization.
Scope and content:The Papers consist primarily of Leanne Hinton's notes and related documents and recordings from linguistics field methods classes held at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, San Diego. This includes materials for Navajo, Quechua, Ashaninka Campa, Hopi, Q'anjob'al, K'ichean, Mixtec, Yowlumne Yokuts, Paraguayan Guaraní, and Yucatec Maya. Also included are materials related to the Yahi Translation Project.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Leanne Hinton. Leanne Hinton Papers on Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Hinton, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/26.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 161, LA 177, LA 189).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Kanjobal course materials], Hinton.009.001, in "Leanne Hinton Papers on Indigenous Languages of the Americas", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2484.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Kanjobal course materials], Hinton.009.003, in "Leanne Hinton Papers on Indigenous Languages of the Americas", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2486.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Kanjobal course materials], Hinton.009.002, in "Leanne Hinton Papers on Indigenous Languages of the Americas", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2485.
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