Italy 20

Listen to Italy 20, a 33-year-old woman from Bergamo, Italy. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 33

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/11/1983

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bergamo, Italy

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Italian/white

OCCUPATION: teacher

EDUCATION: master of science degree in engineering

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject lived for six months in Spain and six months in Brazil.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/12/2016

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

One thing that I like about this city: It’s, it’s not the city itself, but the fact that it has beautiful mountains surrounding it; and even if the weather is not that good, I mean, the south of Italy, uhh, it’s so sunny that sometimes I would like to be there, and, um, sitting, uh, close to the seaside, but these beautiful mountain here are, um — yeah, it’s really nice, and, um, there are many people walking and hiking in every season, and it’s like living in a city and having like an escape point to go hiding and forgetting everything else for a while. And, um, one more thing that I like about Italy is, of course, the weather. I couldn’t imagine myself in a less sunny place.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/12/2016

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

Prosody: Italian influence (syllable-timed).

COMMENTARY BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/12/2016

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