Italy 22

Listen to Italy 22, a 34-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: 34

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/10/1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bergamo, Italy

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Italian/white

OCCUPATION: unemployed

EDUCATION: high school

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

The speaker spent two and a half years in England (Gloucestershire).

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The speaker does not state any particular influences.

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

RECORDED BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/01/2017

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I liveds in London for two years and half. I was au pair. Eh, firstly I was in Bristol in the countryside — Stroud, in Gloucesteshire — and I stayed one month, and I needed to take care of two children, but first of all to do some houseworks, like vacuum, ironing, washing the uniforms of the children, and, then they decided that they didn’t need of an au pair anymore.

[Subject speaks in Italian]: Auguro a tutto il mondo pace e serenità. Ques’anno voglio esaudire i miei buoni propositi che faccio all’inizio di ogni anno e spero che tutti potranno realizzare i loro sogni.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/01/2017

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

The speaker shows some peculiarities, especially in terms of grammar and morphology. For instance, the letter S is added to the past tenses of verbs (liveds) and implied plural nouns (houseworks) that do not require an S. Also note unnecessary prepositions (to “need of”).

COMMENTARY BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/01/2017

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