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Title:Elicitation of sentences - 2
RG90Senten2
Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation
Contributor:Speaker2
Raquel
Contributor (consultant):Speaker3
Coverage:Brazil
Date:1990-07-22
Description:ENGLISH: The researcher worked with a Trumai speaker, recording sentences in isolation with the purpose of analyzing the grammar of the language. Given that the consultant sometimes had difficulties with the questions in Portuguese, she was helped by another person, fully bilingual. Continuation of session RG90Senten1. ----- PORTUGUÊS: A pesquisadora trabalhou com uma falante de Trumai, gravando sentenças isoladas com o objetivo de analisar a gramática da língua. Dado que a informante às vezes tinha dificuldades com as questões em Português, foi auxiliada por outra pessoa, esta totalmente bilingüe. Continuação da sessão RG90Senten1.
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.
Elicitation of sentences.
The researcher asks questions in Portuguese. The consultant offers the data in Trumai.
There were three participants: the researcher (RG), the consultant (Speaker3), and another person (Speaker2) who was helping the consultant when she had difficulties with the questions in Portuguese.
Speaker3 is a native speaker of Trumai. She lives in the Terra Preta village, in the central area of the Xingu Reserve. Both her parents were Trumai. Speaker3 lived in the Kamayurá village for many years, when she was still married. Nowadays she is separated, living with her daughter and son. She is middle-aged.
Speaker2 is considered one of the best speakers of the Trumai language. He also has strong knowledge about various aspects of the Trumai culture. He has been living in the city of Canarana since 1996, because of health problems. He lives with his wife and kids. Both his parents were Trumai. Speaker2 is married to a Kamayurá woman, who also speaks Trumai. He is middle-aged, has various kids and grand-kids.
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).
Format:audio/x-wav
CC
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0008-3D9E-C
Documentation of Trumai
Publisher:Raquel Guirardello-Damian
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:Elicitation
Sentences
Grammar
Trumai language
Trumaí
Portuguese language
Subject (ISO639):tpy
por
Type:audio

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Citation: Speaker3 (consultant); Speaker2; Raquel. 1990-07-22. Raquel Guirardello-Damian.
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