Arbil.1.3.1.18545 2010-05-24 https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0016-83D1-1 clarin.eu:cr1:p_1407745712035 MPI corpora : Language and Cognition : africa : Avatime : Shared
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Vane
Avatime A Description and Documentation of Avatime Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina
MPI for Psycholinguistics, P.O. Box 310, 6500 AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands
saskia.vanputten@mpi.nl Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
The Avatime project aims to describe and document Avatime. The researchers involved in this project are Rebecca Defina and Saskia van Putten. The project included fieldwork in Ghana in 2008 and was completed in 2009. Outcomes of the project are: (1) audio and video recordings of different genres, of which 13,5 hours have been transcribed and annotated, (2) an Avatime-English wordlist, (3) grammar notes and (4) two Master's theses, one on the expression of motion in Avatime (Saskia van Putten) and one on aspect and mood in Avatime (Rebecca Defina).
Ritual/religious texts Unspecified Unspecified speech Unspecified non-interactive semi-spontaneous non-elicited Public Monologue Face to Face The proceedings were in Avatime. ISO639-3:avn Avatime true Unspecified Unspecified Avatime (also called Siyase or Sideme) is one of a group of languages called Togo Remnant, Central Togo or preferably Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM). These languages are usually classified as Kwa, Niger-Congo. Avatime is most closely related to Tafi and Nyangbo. Avatime is spoken in eight villages in the Volta Region of Ghana by approximately 10,000 speakers. The language is bordered to the west by Tafi and Nyangbo, to the north by Logba and to the east and south by Ewe. Ewe is the dominant language in the region. Most Avatime speakers also speak Ewe and those who have been to school speak English too. Ewe is mainly used in the first years of primary school, in church and to a certain extent on the market. English is used in the higher years of school. In events where important non-Avatimes are present, Ewe and English are used. Radio and television programmes are usually in English or Akan, and sometimes in Ewe. Avatime is only spoken in domestic and traditional domains of use. There is not yet a standard orthography for Avatime. The new chief of Gbadzeme (one of the other Avatime villages) came to swear fealty to the paramount chief of Avatime in Vane. In this ceremony traditional prayers or libations are said, two rams are sacrificed, there are several speeches and dances. Several people take part, most notably the Gbadzeme chief and his linguist, the chief linguist, the paramount chief of Avatime who sits to the side for the entire proceedings and lets his linguist speak in his place. Many spectators were present. Saskia filmed it. Filmer Saskia Saskia van Putten SvP Unspecified Unspecified Female University false 23 5 29 Saskia van Putten
P.O. Box 310, 6500 AB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
saskia.vanputten@mpi.nl Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Saskia van Putten is one of the researchers in this project. She did her bachelor in Languages and Cultures of Africa and her research master in Linguistics, both at Leiden University. She started PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in 2009. Saskia grew up and still lives in the Netherlands. Saskia speaks Dutch and English fluently (Dutch is her mother tongue). She has intermediate knowledge of French and understands some German. She speaks basic Ewe after studying this languages at university and staying in an Ewe town for two months. She also has basic knowledge of Avatime after four months of fieldwork on this language. ISO639-3:avn Avatime false false Avatime (also called Siyase or Sideme) is one of a group of languages called Togo Remnant, Central Togo or preferably Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM). These languages are usually classified as Kwa, Niger-Congo. Avatime is most closely related to Tafi and Nyangbo. Avatime is spoken in eight villages in the Volta Region of Ghana by approximately 10,000 speakers. The language is bordered to the west by Tafi and Nyangbo, to the north by Logba and to the east and south by Ewe. Ewe is the dominant language in the region. Most Avatime speakers also speak Ewe and those who have been to school speak English too. Ewe is mainly used in the first years of primary school, in church and to a certain extent on the market. English is used in the higher years of school. In events where important non-Avatimes are present, Ewe and English are used. Radio and television programmes are usually in English or Akan, and sometimes in Ewe. Avatime is only spoken in domestic and traditional domains of use. There is not yet a standard orthography for Avatime. ISO639-3:eng English false false English is a Germanic (Indoeuropean) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of Ghana. ISO639-3:nld Dutch true true Dutch is a Germanic (Indoeuropean) language spoken mainly in the Netherlands. ISO639-3:fra French false false French is a Romance (Indoeuropean) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of many West-African countries, including all neighbouring countries of Ghana.
video video/x-mpeg2 3438642KB Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified The recording was made using a JVC Everio digital video camera. The file is saved in MPEG2 format with 3400 kbps video encoding rate and 256 kbps audio encoding rate. The aspect ratio is 4:3 and the size of the video is 352 x 576. It is recorded in PAL format. Unspecified file:/Z:/raw_data/Avatime/Recordings/Video_edited/Gbadzeme-all.mpg
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This is the full recording of the ceremony, several parts have been extracted from this recording they are all named Gbadzeme followed by a number representing their order and a short description of what they are.