Mayan Languages Collection of Laura Martin

Colección de Lenguas Mayas de Laura Martin

Object Details

Collection LanguageMocho
Q'anjob'al
Tektiteko
Language PIDailla:119526
ailla:119516
ailla:119669
Title [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Title
TitleMayan Languages Collection of Laura Martin
Country(ies)Mexico
Guatemala
Collector(s)Martin, Laura
Depositor(s)Martin, Laura
Project/Collector Website
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionThis collection consists of audio recordings, transcriptions, translations and other field notes and articles created by Dr. Martin from 1973 to the present of the Mayan languages Q'anjob'al and Mocho.

Most of the Mocho recordings were digitized at the Center for American Indian Languages at the University of Utah.

The preservation of this collection was supported by the grant PD-50003-06 from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ReferencesMartin, Laura. (2000). "Parallelism and the spontaneous ritualization of ordinary talk: Three Mocho friends discuss a volcano." In Kay Sammons and Joel Sherzer, eds., Translating Native Latin American Verbal Art: Ethnopoetics and Ethnography of Speaking.

Pages

QUEMAZON 92
Narrative: QUEMAZON 92: a retelling of the story about the time he went out to fight the fire (1986). Also a discussion about storytelling; Spanish story about the man with the huehuecho; discussion about language, Narrativa: Quemazon 92, más discusión sobre narración; cuento español del hombre con el huehuecho; discusión sobre lenguaje, 12-92; MESO-MCH-LM-AU92-012

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