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Title:JBG005
Contributor:James Barripaŋ Gandaŋu
Juliane Kabisch-Lindenlaub
Contributor (consultant):Jane Garrutju Gandaŋu
Coverage:Australia
Date:2011-07-22
Description:JKL (linguist) asked JBG (Golpa speaker) a second time to re-tell the "Two Frogs" story in Golpa (by narrating what he sees on the individual pages of the children's book). JBG and JKL had already made a recording of this story in JBG004 where the narration was rather free. Since there also already was a JGG recording of this re-telling (cf. text JGG001), JKL wanted to be able to compare JBG's text with JGG's text. As JGG had stuck close to the story told in the book JKL now asked JBG again to narrate the story again, sticking closer to the book-version.
The aim of the project is to produce an annotated and illustrated Golpa story book about the Golpa people, their land and culture. Golpa is a severely endangered YolNGu language (Yirritja moiety) spoken on Elcho Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Most stories in the book are part of a hugh collection of audio recordings made back in the 1960s. The narrator of these texts is the father of today's Golpa speakers/consultants. Until this project these texts have never been processed. There are only very few Golpa left who still speak and/or understand the language to a considerable extend. The processing of these recordings will reveal and document linguistic and cultural knowledge about a dying Australian indigenous group and make it accessible to the community as well as to researchers. This project is the first attempt to document and describe the Golpa language (and culture).
JKL asked JBG a second time to re-tell the "Two Frogs" story in Golpa (by narrating what he sees on the individual pages of the book). JBG and JKL had already made a recording of this story in JBG004 where narration was rather free. This is what JKL was after initially. However, having made the same "Two Frogs" story recording with JGG in JGG001 JKL needed a slightly different version of this re-telling from JBG now, too. JGG stuck close to the story told in the book but used a number of DjambarrpuyNGu words in her Golpa speech so that JKL now asked JBG again to narrate the story again also sticking closer to the book-version in order to be able to compare JGG001 and JBG005.
JGG supported JKL to make this recording. She occasionally offered JBG words and/or phrases for his re-telling so his version would come a little closer to her version (contentwise).
Garrutju is a well educated lady who has a number of jobs (such as officially registered interpreter or as head of Marthakal Homelands Resource Centre).
Muthali is the last fluent speaker of Golpa.
JKL has been in touch with the Golpa since 2008 via phone. They first met and worked together in 2009, then again in 2011 and 2012. She has spent a total of approx. 5 months in the field. JKL has carried out all field trips with the company of her little son resulting in wonderful social contacts with the locals and more natural work sessions.
Wormell, Chris (2003), Two frogs. A red fox book: Hong Kong [children's book]; (?? ISBN: 13579108642) (from library at Shepherdson College)
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1164009
SG0057
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1164009%23
Publisher:Juliane Kabisch-Lindenlaub
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Subject:re-telling
"Two Frogs" story
Undetermined language
Golpa
Subject (ISO639):und
Type:Audio

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Citation: Jane Garrutju Gandaŋu (consultant); James Barripaŋ Gandaŋu; Juliane Kabisch-Lindenlaub. 2011-07-22. Juliane Kabisch-Lindenlaub.
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