OLAC Record
oai:blc.berkeley.edu:la.195

Metadata
Title:English, Tristan da Cunha
Contributor (consultant):Lavarello, Basil
Lavarello, Judy
Glass, Gordon
Glass, Mary
Swain, Mary
Green, Jean
Rogers, Frank
Rogers, Ronald
Rogers, Noel
Swain, Barney
Swain, Marlene
Green, Patrick
Rogers, Cyril
Repetto, Bernard
Rogers, Stella
Glass, Josef
Green, Irene
Glass, Sidney
Lavarello, Robert
Swarteg, Jan
Contributor (depositor):Whiteside, Anne
Whiteside, Thomas
Contributor (researcher):Cutforth, René
Coverage:England
Date:1961
Description:Field recordings collected to illustrate a rare dialect of English spoken by a small group of settlers who live on the island of Tristan da Cunha, located in the remote waters of the South Atlantic: linguistic data, ethnographic data.
Description (URI):http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/blc_lang_disp.pl?51629
Extent:5:33:22 (hr:min:sec)
Format:WMA
Format (IMT):audio/x-wav
Identifier:LA 195
Is Part Of:Audio Archive of Linguistic Fieldwork
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Relation:Bibliographical references on file at the Berkeley Language Center
Rights:Copyright Regents of the University of California. Availability: patrons may use digital audio via Internet at Berkeley Language Center. Purchase: may be purchased at cost for educational purposes.
Subject:English language
Subject (ISO639):eng
Table Of Contents:1.Description of the volcano eruption and what life was like on the island
2.A young woman discusses her plans for the future and why she left the island
3.Discussion of family and possibly returning to the island
4.Description of boat building
5.Discussion of returning to the island
6.Description of the island before the volcano eruption
7.Discussion of what happened during the eruption
8.Discussion of education and intelligence
9.Discussion of fishing and the refugees' unemployment problems in England
10. Discussion of fishing on the island
11. Content undetermined
12. Discussion of settling in England and the refugees' community
13. Discussion of tools, carpentry, boats, toys, knives, mail, etc.
14. Children discuss school, clothes, activities, animals, milking cows, celebrations, food, etc.
15. Child discusses birds, games, gardening, pets, his house, New Year's festival, etc.
16. Child discusses his family, fishing, gathering guano, animals, etc.
17. Children discuss knitting, games, songs, pets, food, family, Christmas, etc.
18. Children discuss animals, food, knitting, socks, wool, etc.
19. Children discuss knitting, birthdays, sewing, school, children's songs, domestic animals, etc.
20. Children discuss school, drawing, puzzles, the sheep game, family, gardens, songs, a boy that nearly drowned, etc.
21. Discussion of boats, potato patches, cows, building houses, fishing and hunting, important events, etc.
22. Discussion of potato patches, thatching roofs, boats, penguins, etc.
23. Discussion of sheep, discipline, competitions, potato patches, etc.
24. Discussion of political system on the island, boat making, water, etc.
25. Discussion of farming, free land, potatoes, cooking, caning, earnings, alcohol, costs, smoking, etc.
26. Discussion of knitting, cooking, dances, cinema, radios, etc.
27. Discussion of fishing, eggs, farming, etc.
28. Discussion of mountian climbing, smoking, etc.
29. Discussion of kniting, wool, Dover stoves, food, houses, general life on the island
30. Discussion of visitors to the island, diseases
31. Discussion of fishing, land, fencing, life before the cannery moved to the island, crayfish, nets, wages, strikes, wool, etc.
Type (DCMI):Sound
Collection
Type (Discourse):dialogue
Type (OLAC):primary_text

OLAC Info

Archive:  Audio Archive of Linguistic Fieldwork
Description:  http://www.language-archives.org/archive/blc.berkeley.edu
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:  Pre-generated XML file

OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:blc.berkeley.edu:la.195
DateStamp:  2009-07-06
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info

Citation: Cutforth, René (researcher); Whiteside, Anne (depositor); Lavarello, Basil (consultant); Lavarello, Judy (consultant); Glass, Gordon (consultant); Glass, Mary (consultant); Swain, Mary (consultant); Green, Jean (consultant); Rogers, Frank (consultant); Rogers, Ronald (consultant); Rogers, Noel (consultant); Swain, Barney (consultant); Swain, Marlene (consultant); Green, Patrick (consultant); Rogers, Cyril (consultant); Repetto, Bernard (consultant); Rogers, Stella (consultant); Glass, Josef (consultant); Green, Irene (consultant); Whiteside, Thomas (depositor); Glass, Sidney (consultant); Lavarello, Robert (consultant); Swarteg, Jan (consultant). 1961. Audio Archive of Linguistic Fieldwork.
Terms: area_Europe country_GB dcmi_Collection dcmi_Sound iso639_eng olac_dialogue olac_primary_text

Inferred Metadata

Country: United Kingdom
Area: Europe


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