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Title:Myth: The Owl and the Guy
Edu96M-Owl
Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation
Contributor:Raquel
Speaker8
Coverage:Brazil
Date:1996-10-01
Description:ENGLISH: Myth about the owl, which transforms itself into a human being and plays a trick on a guy who mistreats it. ----- PORTUGUÊS: Mito sobre o "coruja", que se transforma em gente e faz uma gozação com um rapaz que está sempre o maltratando.
The purpose of the project is to document Trumai, a genetically isolate language spoken in Brazil. The archive consists of a collection of texts in the language, plus other kinds of materials relative to the Trumai culture, such as photos, drawings, songs, educational materials, etc.
Myth about the owl, which transforms itself into a human being in order to trick a guy.
The text was produced in Trumai. It was translated into Portuguese with the help of its author (the translation is not totally literal; sometimes it had some editing). The text was further translated into English by the researcher.
The author of the text is Speaker8. The researcher helped her with the translation in Portuguese.
Raquel is a Brazilian linguist. She has been working with the Trumai people since 1989. She has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University (Houston, Texas, U.S.A).
Speaker8 is a native speaker of Trumai. Her mother is Trumai, her father is Waurá. She was married for a while; nowadays she is separated, living with her parents and her little son.
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Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0008-3C62-E
Documentation of Trumai
Publisher:Raquel Guirardello-Damian
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:Discourse
Myth
Trumai tradition
Trumai language
Trumaí
Portuguese language
English language
Subject (ISO639):tpy
por
eng
Type:text

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OaiIdentifier:  oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0008-3C62-E
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Citation: Raquel; Speaker8. 1996-10-01. Raquel Guirardello-Damian.
Terms: area_Americas area_Europe country_BR country_GB country_PT iso639_eng iso639_por iso639_tpy

Inferred Metadata

Country: BrazilUnited KingdomPortugal
Area: AmericasEurope


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