Quebec 4

Listen to Quebec 4, a 13-year-old girl from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who has also lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 13

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/09/1995

PLACE OF BIRTH: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: Secondary One

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

The subject has also spent time in Toronto.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject’s primary language is French.

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

RECORDED BY: Yves, Talla Sando Ouafeu

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/01/2009

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Hello, I am [sic] born in 1995, September 17. I have two brothers. I live with my mum and my step-dad. My dad lives in Toronto and my…, with my grandma and my grandpa. I only have two grandmas and two grandpas because one is dead. Em, I have four uncles and four aunts. I have three cousins at Toronto and one cousin here. Em, I went to Walt Disney for summer and it was very fun, everything is nice and beautiful over there because no one brings pencils to write on everything and I really loved the hotel. I went to Toronto for my Christmas vacation; it was nice but there wasn’t much snow.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Yves, Talla Sando Ouafeu

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/01/2009

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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