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Notebook 4, 1967: Ngarla

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collection Creator
O'Grady, G. N. (Geoffrey N.)
See more items in
Geoffrey N. O'Grady Papers
Geoffrey N. O'Grady Papers / Series 1: Field Research
Sponsor
The digitization of portions of this collection was supported by a generous grant from the Arcadia Fund.
Date
1967
Container
Box 4
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Geoffrey N. O'Grady Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Scope and Contents
Index 1-7 -- Sentences [numbered]. "Maggie Horace Ngarla Sun Aug 27, 1967". Sentences are translations from Nyaŋumarta into Ngarla. 8 -- "Ngarla <Maggie Horace, MB, Aug 28, 1967". Seems to be a comparative discussion involving languages with the following abbreviations: Ng Nl Kar Ny. 9 -- Sentences. "Tue Aug 29, 1967 Maggie Horace Nl, Ng, Ny [same sentence in three languages?] 9-17 -- "Nl sentences" [Nl is Ngarla and informant is Maggie Horace?] 18 -- Sentences. Note at the top of the page says "not taped". 19-21 -- Sentences. "Sat Sept 2 1967" in Broome. Session on the languages Karadjeri and Yawuru. 21-22 -- "Sat pm Nyaŋ --Karadj[eri] conversation" 23 -- "La Grange, Sept 2, 1967". List of languages [spoken at La Grange? Transciptions as he wrote them]: 1. Nyarni-carra (= Warnman) 2. Mangarla 3. Yulbarica 4. Nyangumarta 5. (few) Karadjeri 6. Ciwarliny (behind Top (Inland)) Karacarri (~ Walmacarri) 23-29 -- Analysis. "Sunday Sept 3 1967 Broome". Comparative notes on Karadjeri (3 dialects), Nyaŋumarta and Yawuru. 30-35 -- Analysis. "Tuesday Sept 5 1967" Continuation of N[yaŋumarta] --K[aradjeri]- Y[awuru] comparisons. At the bottom of p. 35, added at a later date: "Finish off Broome One-Mile [a location on the outskirts of Broome] eliciting". 36-48 -- "La Grange Mission Mon Sept 18, 1967". On p. 39 he has written "from notebook 5 p. 99". V, S, A. This is the beginning of an extensive comparative analysis of Nyaŋumarta, Yulbaridja, Walmatjarri and Mangala. Several of the versos of the pages have sketch maps of language locations. These pages contain vocabulary and phrases in comparative tables. 48-69 -- Vocabulary, sentences, analysis. Continuation of comparisons, Sept 19 70-72 -- Vocabulary, sentences, analysis. Continuation of comparisons, Sept 20 73 -- "Thu Sept 21, 1967, La Grange, Paddy Ma[ngala] sentences" 74 -- "Checking Nyaŋ problems, p. 73." Paradigms, analysis. More comparisons between Nyaŋumarta, Yulbaridja, Walmatjarri and Mangala: verb form and bound pronouns 75 -- Sentences analysis. More comparative data on the four languages 76 -- Continued from p. 69, but this looks more like direct elicitation. 80-82 -- Back to what looks like analysis rather than elicitation—same four languages 83-85 -- "Sept 21" . It says: "11 am morning session", so back to elicitation? 86-95 -- "Friday Sept 22 am" elicitation. 97 -- "Catalogue of Tapes < Marble Bar to AIAS, Aug 29, 1967." Sound recordings 100 -- Notes for a talk at Marble Bar Town Hall, Aug 28, 1967
Scope and Contents note
Ngarla with some other languages of the region occasionally interleaved Some Karajarri words interleaved. p23 ff Nyangumarta, Karajarri, Yawuru, parallel translations of sentences, Broome, Sept 1967 pp36ff La Grange elicition in Nyangumarta, Yulparija, Walmajarri and Mangala
Collection Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512911319-1503512911342-3
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw314cd1fbf-99a1-4d4a-bbf3-1c80df7cb25f

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