Faces

Detailed Metadata

• lat-session
  • History : NAME:IMDI_1_9_TO_3_0 DATE:. NAME:imdi2cmdi.xslt DATE:2016-09-09T16:15:25.359+02:00.
  • Name : Faces
  • Title : Vocabulary and other recollections
  • Date : 2002-07-15
  • descriptions
    • Description : Speakers of Wichita were gathered for a meal and a chance to "talk Wichita" with each other for about two hours. This session records the linguist, the tribal president, and four speakers recalling individual words and remembering some details about their lives. Most of the conversation is in English, but there is some Wichita discourse as well.
  • Location
    • Continent : North-America
    • Country : United States
    • Address : Wichita tribal headquarters museum
  • Project
    • Name : Wichita
    • Title : Making Wichita Accessible: A Multimedia Archive of Data and Analyses
    • Id :
    • Contact
      • Name : David S. Rood
      • Address : Linguistics Dept., 295 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0295, USA
      • Email : rood@colorado.edu
      • Organisation : University of Colorado; Volkswagen Foundation
    • descriptions
      • Description : The project is to videotape the last speakers of Wichita talking in and about their language, history over the last century, and culture. Videotapes were made in the summer of 2002 in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
  • Keys
    • Key : Unknown mapping of Genre: conversation|conversation|word lists,extremely brief narrative, oral-history --> ???
  • Content
    • Genre : Unspecified
    • SubGenre : Unspecified
    • Task : Recall vocabulary and incidents from the past
    • Modalities : Speech, Gestures
    • CommunicationContext
      • Interactivity : interactive
      • PlanningType : spontaneous
      • Involvement : non-elicited
      • SocialContext : Unspecified
      • EventStructure : Unspecified
      • Channel : Unspecified
    • Content_Languages
      • descriptions
        • Description : Speakers are asked to use the language, first to describe body parts, and later to discuss bits of history and culture as recalled from the participants' childhoods. The linguist asks numerous questions to prompt the discussion, many of which lead to complete dead ends. One successful question concerns parental doctoring techniques, and elicits a short description in Wichita. At the end of the session, discussion turns to children's songs and discussions of what some of them mean. In editing this session for the archive, we have cut out sections which were exclusively in English or where the linguist's questions failed to produce even English discussion.
      • Content_Language
        • Id : ISO639-3:wic
        • Name : Wichita
        • Dominant : Unspecified
        • SourceLanguage : Unspecified
        • TargetLanguage : Unspecified
        • descriptions
          • Description : Wichita belongs to the North Caddoan branch of the Caddoan family. Other North Caddoan languages are Pawnee, Arikara, and Kitsai; the only other language in the family is Caddo. Wichita is spoken in the southern plains of the US, in Oklahoma. Caddoan speakers were living in this part of North America at the time of the Spanish expeditions of 1540. Typologically the language is polysynthetic, with an extremely small phonemic inventory. There were about 8 living speakers in 2002.
          • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'WICHITA' with 'Wichita'
      • Content_Language
        • Id : ISO639-3:eng
        • Name : English
        • Dominant : Unspecified
        • SourceLanguage : Unspecified
        • TargetLanguage : Unspecified
        • descriptions
          • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'ENGLISH' with 'English'
    • Keys
      • Key : conversation
      • Key : conversation
      • Key : word lists, extremely brief narrative, oral-history
    • descriptions
      • Description : With some prompting from the linguist, speakers try to recall some vocabulary, first for body parts and colors. They use photocopied notes that had been distributed at language classes over the past couple of years. Later the linguist asks questions about personal and group history (talk about your grandchildren, what did your parents do when you were sick, etc.), some of which triggered some statements or descriptions in Wichita. Toward the end of the session some pieces of children's songs and stories are recalled.
  • Actors
    • descriptions
      • Description : Four Wichita speakers (Doris, Shirley, Vivian and Tiny), the linguist, and the tribal President, Gary McAdams, exchange information in an open, unstructured conversation. Most of the talk is about individual words, but there are a few descriptive sentences here and there as well. All of these people have lived near each other most of their lives, and they shared many childhood and young adult experiences.
    • Actor
      • Role : Linguist
      • Name : David
      • FullName : David S. Rood
      • Code :
      • FamilySocialRole : moderator
      • EthnicGroup : Caucasian
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : PhD
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unknown
      • Contact :
      • descriptions
        • Description : Rood is the linguist on the project. He has been working with Wichita since about 1967.
      • Actor_Languages :
    • Actor
      • Role : Wichita speaker
      • Name : Shirley
      • FullName : Shirley Davilla
      • Code :
      • FamilySocialRole : speaker
      • EthnicGroup : Wichita
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : unknown
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unknown
      • Contact :
      • descriptions
        • Description : Shirley has not spoken the language much in her adult life, though she can often recall things that her parents and grandparents said, and she understands a lot.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Shirley speaks mostly English, but manages to say some things in Wichita. She can tell when something does not "sound right", but is often unable to figure out what the correct forms would be.
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:wic
          • Name : Wichita
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : Wichita belongs to the North Caddoan branch of the Caddoan family. Other North Caddoan languages are Pawnee, Arikara, and Kitsai; the only other language in the family is Caddo. Wichita is spoken in the southern plains of the US, in Oklahoma. Caddoan speakers were living in this part of North America at the time of the Spanish expeditions of 1540. Typologically the language is polysynthetic, with an extremely small phonemic inventory. There were about 8 living speakers in 2002.
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'WICHITA' with 'Wichita'
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:eng
          • Name : English
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : English is the primary language of communication among all Wichitas now.
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'ENGLISH' with 'English'
    • Actor
      • Role : Wichita speaker
      • Name : Vivian
      • FullName : Vivian McCurdy
      • Code :
      • FamilySocialRole : Unspecified
      • EthnicGroup : Wichita
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : unknown
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 77
      • Contact :
      • descriptions
        • Description : Vivian has spoken both Wichita and English in her adult life. She had a stroke a few years ago, but seems to have recovered from it very well. She does not speak very clearly in the videotapes, but she is able to say almost anything she wants to in Wichita if the environment is right.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Vivian often offers side comments or remarks to Doris in Wichita, but she speaks very quietly and our microphones were not able to pick up some of her statements.
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:wic
          • Name : Wichita
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : Wichita belongs to the North Caddoan branch of the Caddoan family. Other North Caddoan languages are Pawnee, Arikara, and Kitsai; the only other language in the family is Caddo. Wichita is spoken in the southern plains of the US, in Oklahoma. Caddoan speakers were living in this part of North America at the time of the Spanish expeditions of 1540. Typologically the language is polysynthetic, with an extremely small phonemic inventory. There were about 8 living speakers in 2002.
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'WICHITA' with 'Wichita'
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:eng
          • Name : English
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : English is the language Vivian speaks most of the time now.
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'ENGLISH' with 'English'
    • Actor
      • Role : Wichita speaker
      • Name : Tiny
      • FullName : Mary Leonard
      • Code :
      • FamilySocialRole : Speaker
      • EthnicGroup : Wichita
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : unknown
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unknown
      • Contact :
      • descriptions
        • Description : Tiny is the daughter of the first speaker that Rood ever worked with, Frank Miller. Apparently their home language was usually Wichita when she was a child, but she has not spoken it much as an adult. This session was Rood's first acquaintance with her.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : In this session Tiny offers some comments in both English and Wichita, but mostly English. Most of her contributions are toward the end of the session, where she introduces the topic of children's songs, and also performs her father's favorite song, which is a Christian hymn tune with Wichita words -- what the others in the group call a "church song".
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:wic
          • Name : Wichita
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : Wichita belongs to the North Caddoan branch of the Caddoan family. Other North Caddoan languages are Pawnee, Arikara, and Kitsai; the only other language in the family is Caddo. Wichita is spoken in the southern plains of the US, in Oklahoma. Caddoan speakers were living in this part of North America at the time of the Spanish expeditions of 1540. Typologically the language is polysynthetic, with an extremely small phonemic inventory. There were about 8 living speakers in 2002.
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'WICHITA' with 'Wichita'
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:eng
          • Name : English
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : English is the primary language that Tiny uses.
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'ENGLISH' with 'English'
    • Actor
      • Role : Observer, Guide
      • Name : Gary
      • FullName : Gary McAdams
      • Code :
      • FamilySocialRole : Tribal President
      • EthnicGroup : Wichita
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Masters
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unknown
      • Contact :
      • Actor_Languages :
    • Actor
      • Role : Wichita speaker
      • Name : Doris
      • FullName : Doris Jean Lamar (McLemore)
      • Code :
      • FamilySocialRole : speaker
      • EthnicGroup : Wichita
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : High School (Riverside)
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 75
      • Contact :
      • descriptions
        • Description : Doris is the most fluent speaker in the group, and the most willing to speak. She was raised by grandparents and in her youth used Wichita for all communication around the home. In recent years she has been the primary resource person for the tribe's language classes.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Doris has not spoken Wichita regularly for many years. Since the mid 1980s, however, she has been the main resource person for Rood's research. She is the most fluent speaker among those who have participated in this project. The language she usually speaks is English.
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:wic
          • Name : Wichita
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : Wichita belongs to the North Caddoan branch of the Caddoan family. Other North Caddoan languages are Pawnee, Arikara, and Kitsai; the only other language in the family is Caddo. Wichita is spoken in the southern plains of the US, in Oklahoma. Caddoan speakers were living in this part of North America at the time of the Spanish expeditions of 1540. Typologically the language is polysynthetic, with an extremely small phonemic inventory. There were about 8 living speakers in 2002.
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'WICHITA' with 'Wichita'
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:eng
          • Name : English
          • MotherTongue : Unspecified
          • PrimaryLanguage : Unspecified
          • descriptions
            • Description : ##CVREPAIR## DATE:2005-10-26 Replaced 'ENGLISH' with 'English'
    • Actor
      • Role : Collector
      • Name : David S. Rood
      • FullName : David S. Rood
      • Code : Unspecified
      • FamilySocialRole : Unspecified
      • EthnicGroup :
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Unspecified
      • Education :
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : David S. Rood
        • Address : Linguistics Dept., 295 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0295, USA
        • Email : rood@cololrado.edu
        • Organisation : University of Colorado
      • descriptions
        • Description : The senior collector is a linguist at the University of Colorado who has been studying Wichita since 1967. His assistant is a graduate student in linguistics. On the videotape, Rood is frequently heard prompting for additional information. Mirzayan operated the camera and controlled the recording devices.
      • Actor_Languages :
    • Actor
      • Role : Collector
      • Name : Armik Mirzayan
      • FullName : Armik Mirzayan
      • Code : Unspecified
      • FamilySocialRole : Unspecified
      • EthnicGroup :
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Unspecified
      • Education :
      • Anonymized : false
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
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      • descriptions
        • Description : The senior collector is a linguist at the University of Colorado who has been studying Wichita since 1967. His assistant is a graduate student in linguistics. On the videotape, Rood is frequently heard prompting for additional information. Mirzayan operated the camera and controlled the recording devices.
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        • Date : 1900-10-30
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    • Source
      • Id : WIDRVDN15Jul0201
      • Format : DV
      • Quality : 3
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        • Start : 00:03:18:391
        • End : 00:03:23:081
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      • descriptions
        • Description : Rood introduces session and asks how one would describe a face.
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        • Start : 00:04:26:236
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      • descriptions
        • Description : Speakers begin to discuss the way fact type was used for nicknames or derogatory descriptions of people, then go on to name other body parts. Includes a long list of body part terms read from notes, and Vivian's description of "sweet cheeks".
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        • Start : 00:16:25:640
        • End : 00:16:54:039
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      • descriptions
        • Description : Further discussion of body part terms.
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        • Start : 00:22:37:531
        • End : 00:28:37:905
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      • descriptions
        • Description : Request to "talk about your grandchildren" elicits reaction in both English and Wichita and a short statement from Shirley in Wichita.
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        • Start : 00:31:27:225
        • End : 00:32:21:401
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      • descriptions
        • Description : A little more inspired by the "grandchildren" theme: the number 27 and "there is no word for great-grandchild".
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        • Start : 00:32:52:025
        • End : 00:35:46:173
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      • descriptions
        • Description : Question "What did your parents do when you got sick?" elicits the longest connected Wichita response of the evening, as well as some discussion in English.
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      • Id : WIDRVDN15Jul0201
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      • Quality : 3
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        • Start : 00:37:35:307
        • End : 00:52:53:717
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      • descriptions
        • Description : The topic of children's songs is introduced, and leads to a discussion of words in songs which people cannot understand now. This segment includes a lot of long pauses.
    • Anonyms
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        • Date : 1900-10-30
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