Dominican Republic 2

Listen to Dominican Republic 2, a 45-year-old man from Santiago, Dominican Republic. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 45

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 20/06/1969

PLACE OF BIRTH: Santiago, Dominican Republic

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Dominican

OCCUPATION: maintenance worker

EDUCATION: high school

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

Subject was born and raised in Santiago, Dominican Republic, where he lived until age 37. Has lived in the South Bronx, New York, United States, for the last four years.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/10/2013

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Uh, what can I tell you? It’s a quiet city; it’s the center of the island; it’s not that big; uh, it’s a mixed city. I mean, we have — not about, uh, people from other countries, about people from other part of Santo Domingo, including the Haitian side. So we have a lot of Haitian people, big Haitian population, growing up every day. So, they kind of make it stable, I mean. What else … is good in art, is good in, in, in … I mean the commerce is pretty good and … it’s more mixture here; it’s more rich because, we have — right here in East Harlem — we have something from everywhere in America, even from Africa. It’s more mixed.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Shawnia Keith (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 20/06/2014

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