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Recorded Event: Talk about lands

Type: Conversation

Primary Speech Variety: Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety

Secondary Speech Varieties: Tok Pisin

Date: 1998-01-23 Location: Wautogik Duration: 9:35

Description: Transcribed portion of discussion of land boundaries

Note: Drawn from larger text on tape 33a. Difficult recording conditions

Note: notebook: r2.50-53

Participants

  1. Arnold Watiem · Secondary, (M : 62) Wautogik ~ fluent Arapesh speaker, educated to grade 3
  2. Clemen Hayin · Primary, (M : c 73) Wautogik ~ went to the Boikin Catholic school in Tok Pisin, no literacy, traditional leader of Wautogik village's first clan (Abahinem)
  3. Felix Natopol · Secondary, (M : c 70) Wautogik ~ fluent Arapesh speaker, left school after grade 1
  4. Hombatuo · Secondary, (M : c 65) Wautogik ~
  5. Joe Guaigu · Secondary, (M : 64) Wautogik ~ fluent Arapesh speaker, worked as grade 1 teacher before retiring
  6. Joseph Sallun · Secondary, (M : c 65) Wautogik ~ fluent Arapesh speaker, worked as teacher/headmaster
  7. Lise Dobrin · Researcher, (F : 32) ~ American linguist, born Chicago 1966. Graduate student (linguistics, University of Chicago).
  8. Matthew Rahiria · Secondary, (M : c 60) Wautogik ~ fluent Arapesh speaker, 2 years teacher's college, worked teaching school and as a headmaster before falling sick and retiring early
  9. Nom · Secondary, (M : c 60) Wautogik ~
  10. Pita Abaham · Secondary, (M : ) Wautogik ~ LOOK UP

Tapes

Cassette cover scan (click to enlarge)

tape 33 (A)

WAV/ELAN Files

  1. Talk about Lands - Part 1 - transcribed excerpt