Saudi Arabia 6

Listen to Saudi Arabia 6, an 18-year-old man from Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 18

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/01/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Dammam, Saudi Arabia

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Saudi Arabian

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: undergraduate degree

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

The subject was going to school in the United States at the time of this interview.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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

RECORDED BY: Evette Torres (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/03/2014

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

OK, I born in Saudi Arabia, um, Dammam city. Like, it’s the most important, religion, in my country because, like, we pray five times the days, five time during days, OK, and like all the rule depend to the religion. Like if you steal more than time, like the judge will told to, uh, like will give you judge to cut your hand. Freedom? Oh my God, I don’t know. Like, no, no, no, like … for honest, USA have different culture, and I want to learn different culture because if it goes to my country, I want to like told my children, told people I get this experience. I did this, I didn’t do this.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Evette Torres (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/04/2014

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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