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Documenting a Dying Language - Part I

Documenting a Dying Language - Part I. The Wichita Videotape Experiment. David S. Rood and Armik Mirzayan University of Colorado Ling Circle, Boulder, Feb. 05 2003. Clip 01 : Doris – grandmother’s curing. Doris - Continuous Text Seeking Confirmation (“saying it right?”)

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Documenting a Dying Language - Part I

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  1. Documenting a Dying Language - Part I The Wichita Videotape Experiment David S. Rood and Armik Mirzayan University of Colorado Ling Circle, Boulder, Feb. 05 2003

  2. Clip 01 : Doris – grandmother’s curing • Doris - Continuous Text • Seeking Confirmation (“saying it right?”) • Vivian - interruption (“reminded me of a word”) • Shirley – comment in English

  3. Clip 02 : Dru – What Happened This Morning • Less Spontaneous • Less Fluent • Stumbling, request for the word for ‘medicine’ • Re-tells story in English when done

  4. Clip 03 : Dru – Wichita Boogeyman • More Spontaneous • Code Switching into Wichita when quoting a person whose primary language was Wichita

  5. Clip 04 : Miles and Pearl– Buzzard Song • Participants familiar with the song and the meaning • Teasing Gary • Even when the language is dying, those who can use it still have fun with it

  6. Discussion • How do we gather better material? • What would prompt speakers to use the language more?

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