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Recorded Events

Recorded Event: Inappropriate behavior upon hearing of a death TP

Type: Translation of own Talk

Primary Speech Variety: Tok Pisin

Date: Location: Balam Duration: 1:40

Description: Describes a scene recently caused by a drunken villager during mourning of his brother’s death

Participants

  1. Lise Dobrin · Researcher, (F : 32) ~ American linguist, born Chicago 1966. Graduate student (linguistics, University of Chicago).
  2. Wilson Marai · Primary, (M : c 75) Balam ~ fluent Arapesh speaker. Born after WWI. Learned TP after WWII, at But Mission. Went to govt. school and Brandi High School. Trained as a teacher. Worked for 25 years as a teacher the Administration government.

Tapes

Cassette cover scan (click to enlarge)

tape 29 (A)

WAV/ELAN Files

  1. r2.1TP