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Notebook 6, 1967: Nyangumarda

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 5
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 note
Nyangumarta, Yulparija, Walmajarri and Mangarla elicitation at LaGrange, Sept 22ff, 1967 Verb paradigms in Nyangumarta and Walmajarri, and Yulparija p20, Gap filling tape which begins with 25 mins of Mangala, Yulparija, Walmajarri p35 Yulparija and Karajarri 44 Walmajarri text 49 Mangarla (Paddy) 58 Yulparija 60 Principal Parts of Walmajarri verbs
Scope and Contents
Index 1 -- Letter to prof. M. Harry Scargill at UVic, from La Grange at "beginning of second week". Reports that TJK[lokeid] left for UVic from Broome on Sept 6. 3-4 -- Sentences, analysis. "Fr Sept 22 am La G[range] (from book 4, p.95 [referring to GNOG 4?])". Comparisons between N[yaŋumarta], Y[ulbaridja], W[almacarri] and M[angala] 4-7 -- Sentences, anaylsis. "Sa Sept 23." Continuation of the above. 8 -- Note to himself about writing up, then "J. Bæŋ (Jimmy Baŋgu) Walm[acarri]" 9-15 -- Paradigms. "Mon Sept 25, 1967 Walm[acarri] (J[immy] B[aŋgu])". Elicitation of verbs, bound pronouns and tense markers. 16 -- Paradigms. "Mon Sept 25 Yul[baridja] < J[immy] B[aŋgu]". Verb paradigms. 17-18 -- Paradigms, anaylsis. Translation of Yulbaridja materials on p. 16 into Walmacarri. Notes on dialect differences between Jimmy [Baŋgu] and "Moko" [i.e. Muku] 19 -- Mention of "Bronco, Coast Karadj[eri]" 20-21 -- "Monday Sept 25 Karadj < Bronco". Then says he is transcribing the "Gap-Filling Tape" which is said to begin with "25 minutes of Mang[ala] --Jul[baridja] --Walm[acarri]." 22 -- Paradigms, anaylsis. "Sept 26 La Grange", filling in gaps in Walm[acarri] person markers [doesn't say who with] 22-23 -- Sentences. Walmacarri sentences. 24 -- "Checking book 5 [GNOG 5?] p. 37.3, Ny, Yu, Wa" 27 -- Anaylsis. "Sept 27 La Grange". Checking complex verb forms for acceptability with J[immy] B[aŋgu] and Moko. 28-29 -- Sentences, anaylsis. "Comp Ny Yu Wa < JB", and notes on conversation with Andy. 30-34 -- Paradigms, sentences, anaylsis. "WA" verb forms, sentences. 35-37 -- Analysis. Comparative "Y, W, N, K". At the bottom of p. 37 he has written "end of side 1", so he is clearly going through his field tapes and extracting comparative data. 38-39 -- "Tape of Sept 25 (side 2), trancribed Sept 27". This is the "Gap Filling Tape". Languages listed as "N Y K". If he is working with informants here he does not give details. 40-43 -- "Th Sept 28 < Jimmy (one eye) = Yardanya". Language: "Ny". Then further checking of Walm[acarri] person marking with JB and Moko. 44-48 -- "Text (Walmacarri) re two Walypili [whitefellas?]". There is a note on: "Dealing with texts 1) Transcribe in Walm, Yu 2) Linguist reads, then informants translate (in Eng) recorded on tape" 49-54 -- "Sa Sept 30 Mangarla (Paddy)" 55 -- "Jimmy and Moko Yul & Wal" 56-57 -- "Oct 2 JB Yu" last pages -- Include 3 letters, one of which is to Terry Klokeid.
Collection Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512911319-1503512911342-5
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31d5563be-8de3-4788-8cd3-ff7f55099b1e

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