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The Value of Good Conversation
Marianne MithunUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
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Balance in Documentation
Targeted ElicitationUseful for paradigmatic information
clarification of forms, etc.
Connected SpeechMonologue in various genres
Conversation in various genres
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The Beauty of Monologue
Much already availabledigitized, searchable
Cleaner audiobetter for acoustic analysis
Rich source of some informationSpeakers can plan, perform uninterrupted.
Often elaborate discourse organization3
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The Importance of Conversation
Richer in some constructionscertain sentence types, fragments, particles, etc.
Prosodymore varied and elaborate
Referencemore situated in extralinguistic context and interaction
The interactive dimension4
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The Importance of Conversation
For understanding language in generalThis is normal speech.
Better indicator of relative frequencies
Where change happens, etc.
For Revitalizationwhat heritage speakers can use
what speakers say in context5
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Step I: Valuing Conversation
Heightening Appreciationworking through recordings with speakers
pointing out what is special
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Step II: Setting the SceneSome Models
Speakers set up conversations,
explaining their value.
Speakers set up conversations,
explaining their value,
and record.
Speakers set up conversations,
explaining their value,
and record, transcribe, and translate.7
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Hiligaynon = IlonggoAustronesian, Philippines
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Hiligaynon = Ilonggo
Philippine languages
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Hiligaynon MonologueJoshua de Leon, speaker p.c.
Duhá ámon nánay.
‘We had two mothers.
Ang úna nga nánay,
As for the first mother,
bali . . stepmom ko.
she was sort of my stepmom.
Tápos ang tátay ko,
Then my father,
nag-asáwa liwát.
he married again.’10
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Hiligaynon ConversationTim, Toto, Joshua, Starlene, Julius
Amhon tana’ nga may tawgi guro. Naka balik na si Elmo?
May-- guina-- ##ya.
Balik sa?
Di’ín na ang, mag asáwa ya?
Diri sa USA.
Ma ano ta?
Nga’a di’in subong si Elmo haw?
Pilipinas.11
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Hiligaynon ConversationTim, Toto, Joshua, Starlene, Julius
Maybe we’ll make it with sprouts. Is Elmo returning?
There-- was-- ##it.
Returning where?
Where is, the couple?
Here, to the USA.
What are we going to do? (to someone else on the telephone)
Where is Elmo now?
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1. Basic Sentence Types
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One hour of speech
Monologue
Declaratives 100%
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One hour of speech
Monologue Conversation
Declaratives 100% 30.6%
Interrogatives 24.3%
Imperatives 12.5%
Cohortatives 3.3%
Fragments 29.3%
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Basic DeclarativePredicate-Initial
Naga hulát pa si Julius sang anó.IPV.INTR wait still ABS OBL what
‘Julius is still waiting for something.’
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Yes/No Question with Answer
May dalá’ ka haból?exist carry 2SG.ABS blanket
‘Did you bring a blanket?’
Walá’.
‘No.’
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Yes/No Question with Answer
Damo’dámo’ kami nga dá’an maká’on di?many.RDP 1PL.INCL LK might IRR-eat here
‘Will there be a lot of us eating here?’
Duhá lang kamí.two just 1PL.INCL.ABS
‘Just the two of us.’
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Content Question with AnswerWho?
Sin’ó mabakál?who IRR-buy
‘Who’s going to buy it’?
Si Títa.ABS.PR
‘Auntie.’
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Content Question with AnswerWhat?
Anó tawág siná’?what call that.near.you.OBL
‘What do you call that?’
I butangán balá sang anó.
‘What you put something on.’
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Content Question with AnswerWhere?
Ang kaság di’ín ta butáng?the crab where we put
‘Where are we going to put the crabs?’
Dirí lang hu sampáwlang sang pinggán hu kag i-,here just there on.top.of just OBL plate there and
‘Put them there on top of the stacked plates and,
para kwan gid na’ hu.so.that whatchamacallit really that there
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Content Question with AnswerHow many?
Pilá na edád mo Nay?how.many now age 2SG.POSS mother
‘How old are you now Mom?’
Silíng ko, Buisít, indí’ ka mamankót.said 1SG.ERG darn NEG.IRR 2SG.ABS ask
‘I said, “Darn! Don’t ask me that!’
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Imperative
Yuz abré ka na Stella mo Yuz.open 2SG.ABS now 2SG.POSS
‘Yuz open your Stella now Yuz.’
[Laughter]
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Cohortative
Hináyan ta lang ní.lower 1PL.EXCL just this
‘Let’s turn this down.’
Hú’o.
‘Yes.’
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FragmentsMuch more abundant in conversation
Sang sísig. ‘Pig face.’
Isá ka bilók gid. ‘Just one space.’
Kay ang, idó’, ‘For the dog.’
Dawpríto. ‘Like fried.’
Sang báso. ‘The glass.’
Ang páncit mólo. ‘The wonton soup.’
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FragmentsMuch more abundant in conversation
Lúmpya’ . ‘The egg rolls’
Naga príto. ‘Frying.’
Bálik sa? ‘Return to?’
Báta’ pa a. ‘Still young.’
Dirá’ lang. ‘Just there near you’
Ang alimángo. ‘The crab.’
Inasál nga manók! ‘Barbecued chicken!’
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So is conversation
just grammatically sloppy?
Consider the context.
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Answer to Question
Ínit sang anó?warm OBL what
‘Warm up what?’
Sang sísig.OBL pig.face.dish
‘The pig face.’
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Answer to Question, Ellipsis
A. Gusto nilá aga pa ko pulí’ bwas mo.
‘They want me to come home early tomorrow .’
B. Ngá’a haw?
‘Why?
A. Kay ang, idó’!
‘For the dog!’ 29
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Confirmation after Tag
Ang empanáda sa áton ya príto na, indí’ balá?ABS LOC 1PL fried now NEG.IRR Q
‘Our empanada is fried, isn’t it?’
Dawpríto.
‘Like fried.’
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Elaboration
Naga aso’asó na ang kwán.IPV.INTR steam.RDP already ABS stuff
‘The stuff is already steaming.
Ang páncit mólo.ABS wonton.soup
The wonton soup.’
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Elaboration across Turns
A. Tápos, ári ang kwan hu.then here’s ABS stuff look
‘And now, here’s the whatchamacallit.’
B. Lúmpya’.
‘Egg rolls.’
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Ellipsis across Turns
A. Ári ga príto na si Julius sang lúmpya’ haw!here’s INTR.IPV fry now ABS.PR OBL eggroll EXCL
‘Here’s Julius frying the egg rolls!’
B. Lúmpya’ .
‘Egg rolls.’
A. Naga príto.
‘Frying.’33
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ExtralinguisticContext
(Bringing a dish to the table)
Ang alimángo.ABS crab
‘The crab.’
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Sentence Fragment Types
Statements
Questions
Commands
Presentatives
Exclamations
etc.
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Statement Fragment
Te’ may lugár?so exist place
‘So was there a place to park?’
Isá ka bilók gid.one LK space in.fact
‘Just one space.’
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Question Fragment
A. Naka bálik na si Elmo?
‘Did Elmo just return?’
B. ‘Yeah.’
C. Bálik sa . . .?
‘Return to . . ?
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Command Fragment
(Setting the table)
Dirá’ lang.there just
‘Just put it there.’
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PresentativeFragment
(Bringing dish to table)
Inasál nga manók.
‘Barbecued chicken!’
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ExclamativeFragment
May adóbopa hu.
‘There’s still adobo.’
Báw!
‘Wow!’
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3. Interactive ProsodyMore varied and expressive
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Basic Declaratives
Isá gid lang na dá’;
‘It’s the only one we have;
walá’ ná na’ da’ ibán.
there’s nothing else there.
Tálang ka pa.
You’ll still get lost.’
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Basic Declaratives
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Isá gid lang na dá’. Walá’ na na’ da’ ibán. Taláng ka pa.It’s the only one we have. There’s nothing else there. You’ll still get lost.
Time (s)0 3.305
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Yes/No Question
Distinguished by prosody alone
May dalá’ ka haból?exist carry 2SG.ABS blanket
‘Did you bring a blanket?’
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Yes/No Question
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May dalá ka haból?Did you bring a blanket?
Time (s)0 0.9215
May dalá ka haból?Did you bring a blanket?
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Yes/No Question
Damo’dámo’ kamí nga dá’an maká’on di?many.RDP 1PL.INCL LK might IRR-eat here
‘Will there be a lot of us eating here?’
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Content QuestionWhat?
Áno tawág siná’?what call OBL
‘What do you call that?’
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Content Question
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Content QuestionHow many?
Pilá na edád mo Nay?how.many now age 2SG.POSS mother
‘How old are you now Mom?’
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Exclamation
May adóbopa hu.
‘There’s still adobo.’
Báw!
‘Wow!’
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Exclamation
May páncit mólo.
‘There is wonton soup.’
Baw grábe ba!
‘Super wow!’
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Prosody makes a differenceTags
Ma’ áyo gúro plastarón lang anáy Yuzno.‘It might be good to put them out first Julius, wouldn’t it ?’
Walá’ ni sang plasatarán gúro ma’ áyo ay no.
‘Maybe there’s no good place to put it you know.’
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Imperative vsCohortative
Yuz kwaná na dí Yuz palíhog hú.
‘Julius, start working on this now please.’
Hináyan ta lang ní.
‘Let’s turn this down.’
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And prosody does much more.
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4. Reference
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Anaphoric Demonstrative Reference within discourse
‘Why is there an envelope here as well?’[on the gift basket]
Amó gid na’ ya gúro no?same really that CONFIRM probably TAG
‘It's always like that, isn’t it?’
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ExophoricDemonstrativeExtralinguistic Reference
Much more common in these conversations
‘What’s that smell?’
Amó na’. ‘That there.’
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ExophoricDemonstrative
Sísig ma na’ mo sa walá.
‘That’s pig face on the left.’
Iní’ ?
‘This one?’
Hú’o.
‘Yes.’
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ExophoricDemonstrative
I butáng da’ hu.place there.near.you there
‘Put it there.’
Indí’, dirí sa úna pára, . . .no, here LOC first so.that
‘No, here in front so that, . . . ’
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ExophoricDemonstrativeDirá’ sa tungá’ na lang.there.near.you LOC middle now just
‘Just there in the middle.’
Ná’ amó ná’ gid na.that.near.you that.is that.near.you indeed now
‘Yeah, that’s it.’
Amó ná’.that.is that.near.you
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Negotiated Reference
A. ‘I got a discount on a tablet.’
B. ‘What kind of tablet?’
A. ‘I don’t know what kind of, arrangement there is.’
B. Mabakálsilá kunó, iPhone.
‘They say they’re going to buy, an iPhone.’
A. Sin’ó mabakál?
‘Who’s going to buy one?’
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Interactive Reference
A. Ará’ gin taga’án (a)ko nilá sang anó.there’s PFV.TR give.to 1SG.ABS 3PL.ERG OBL what
‘There it is, they gave me that.’
B. Sang?
OBL
A. Pagwá’a na’ nga da’án ang anómka botílya sang anó.CAUS.out that LK old ABS six LK bottle OBL what
‘Take out six bottles of that.’
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5. InteractiveDiscourse Structure
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Elaboration across Turns
A. Ang inasál.
‘The barbecue.’
B. Inasál nga manók.
‘Barbecued chicken.’
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Topic Shift across Turns
A. ‘Lower the burner. Maybe it would
be good to set things out in a bit.’
B. Ang kaság,
‘The crabs,
di’ín ta butáng?
where are we going to put them?’
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Interactive Particle
Te’ may lugár?so exist place
‘So was there a place to park?’
Isá ka bilók gid.one lk space in.fact
‘Just one space in fact.’
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Interactive Particle
‘The Philippines are lagging behind all the other countries in Asia. Indonesia is booming now. Malaysia. Thailand is way ahead.’
Ti' ang Vietnam ganí’ hu, . . .yeah ABS Vietnam so.there look
‘And so is Vietnam!’
ganí’ ‘That’s what I’ve been telling you!’67
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Interactive Particle
Ámonnadá' barangáymo.
‘That’s our district you know.’
mo I’m making sure you caught this.
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Interactive Particle
Offering friend some coffee:
Ará’ da' ang kwán hu.exist there.near.you ABS stuff
‘There’s the sugar.’
hu ‘Look here’
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Interactive Particle
Anó ang bahó’ man?what ABS smell say
‘Say, what’s that smell?’
(Something may be burning.)
man ‘Quick, pay attention!’
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Interactive Particle
Kúlang gúro sang mantíka’ no?lacking maybe OBL oil TAG
‘It might be lacking oil, right ?’
no Tag, requesting confirmation
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6. For Learners
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What to Say and How to Say itCommon Expressions
Hináya gid na Yuz anáy.lower really now kindly
‘Be sure tolower the heat a little, Julius.’
Ha.
OK.
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Imperative
Yuz kwaná na dí Yuz palíhog hú.do.to now this request.cause look
‘Julius, start working on this now please.’
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How to Answer Questions
Naka’-- timó’timó’ ka na dá’REALIS.IPFV nibble.RDP 2SG.ABS already that
‘Did you nibble already,
hulatón mo ang kwán?wait.for 2ERG ABS stuff
are you going to wait for the stuff?’
Hulatón Dad.wait.for uncle
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Idiomaticity
Dalí’ lang.quick just
‘Just a minute.’
Ti’ anó na dá’?so what now here
‘What’s going on here?’
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Idiomaticity
Dirá’ na’ dá’?there.by.you that.by.you there.by.you
‘You want that one there?’
Dirá’ lang OK lang itsúra nya.there.by.you just OK just face 3POSS
‘It looks OK there.’
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Idiomaticity
‘Uncle where’s that box of yours?’
‘What box?’
Ang-- wifi ará’ galí’ da’ hu.ABS there’s there look
‘The-- wifi, ah there it is.’
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Expressions
Ay sus! ‘Aha!’, ‘My goodness!’
Bwisít! ‘Dang!’
etc.
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7. Practicalities
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Variables
CommunityNumber of speakers
Domains of use of the language
Goals and attitudes toward documentation
IndividualsPersonalities, loquaciousness, ages, health, techiness
Relations among speakers
Chance81
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Step I: Valuing Conversation
Heightening Appreciationworking through recordings with speakers
pointing out what is special
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Step II: Setting the SceneSome Models
Speakers set up conversations,
explaining their value.
Speakers set up conversations,
explaining their value,
and record.
Speakers set up conversations,
explaining their value,
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Step III: Some Sample Topics
Cooking
Eating
Playing cards
Telling jokes
Gossiping
Discussing politics
Describing persons in the community
Parents, children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. . .
Views on the language
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Step II: Some Sample Topics
How languages and dialects differ
Boarding school experiences
Explaining the corpus
Going to the fair, powwow
Planting, harvesting, herding cows, horses, sheep
Selling blankets
Medicine men, where they are from, what they know
Fine semantic details about the language
Old pictures
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Step II: Some Sample Topics
The party last night
Histories behind land claims
Descriptions of other communities
Children’s stories at bedtime
War stories around the dinner table
How people met their spouses
Strange happenings and sightings
Hunting moose
Lumberjack camp
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Step II: Some Sample Topics
Linguistics
Language teaching and handling problem children
Travel plans
Getting the wifi to work
Who your friends are now and what they are doing
Describing an accident and the funeral
Medicines
The time I burned down the chicken coop
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In the end,
it’s all about the people.
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Joshua de Leon and Tim Gabio89
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Julius De Leon Tuvillo90
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Maria Socorro Teresa Garces López Chafe91
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Special thanks to
Joshua de LeonMaria Socorro Teresa Garces López Chafe
Tim Gabio
Starlene Gabio
Virgie Ramos
Julius De Leon Tuvilla
Other members of the Hiligaynon Research Group
Pat Hall, Elliott Hoey, Megan Lukaniec,
Heather Simpson, Di Wdzenczny92