Chile 8

Listen to Chile 8, a 34-year-old woman from Santiago, Chile. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 34

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/07/1985

PLACE OF BIRTH: Santiago, Chile

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Hispanic and Mestiza

OCCUPATION: speech and language therapist and academic

EDUCATION: master of fine arts degree

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: N/A

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

In addition to English, the subject speaks some Portuguese and French.

The text used in our recordings of scripted speech can be found by clicking here.

RECORDED BY: Sarah Maria Nichols

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/08/2019

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Well, I’m going to talk about me because I think it’s easier. [laughs] Um, I’m thirty-four, I’m married, and I have two girls: my little girls. Eh, we live in Santiago, in Ñuñoa, a community, eh, near downtown, maybe. Near s-the subway, in a big apartment, old apartment, beauty apartment. [laughs] A little ugly, l-ugly, but beauty. Eh, and now we are selling all of [laughs] stuff, [laughs] all of our s-things because we’re going to Lisbon, eh, in a few weeks, to live a new experience. [laughs] Ehm, we are so nervous but, ehm, I think it’s a good choice now. Um, and I’m going to leave my job. My husband too, of course. Um, and we, s-only with my – our cloth[es] [laughs], we are going to Lisbon.

[Subject speaks Spanish:] Ha sido una semana muy interesante y reflexiva. Aprendí mucho y me voy con muchas ideas.

[English Translation: It has been an interesting and reflexive week. I learned a lot and will go with a lot of ideas.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Sarah Maria Nichols

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/01/2020

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

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