Shanxi 2

Listen to Shanxi 2, an 18-year-old man from Shanxi Province, China. 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): 18/04/1997

PLACE OF BIRTH: Shanxi Province

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Chinese

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: one year of university

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

This subject lived in East Lansing, Michigan, United States, for approximately eight months.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Kendall Kotcher (submitted by Deric McNish)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/03/2016

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Mmm, because I like the packaging, packaging, yeah, so mmmm, maybe can get a lot of money. My dream job may be … sa … mmm, play basketball or football. Mm, basketball. First person I like, uhhh, maybe I remember a little bit. See that. Uh, name, I forgot it. But it’s fine. In my middle school. I can play the piano and, uhh, guitar. And I like the hip-hop music or some classic. I’ve been playing piano like 10 or 12 years. And, uh, I just play guitar like one years or two years to class-, uh, classic. Mmm, Maroon 5. Uhh, sugar. Last semester when I go to American, uh, no when I go to here, I broke my knee in Santa Barbara, and I played, I played basketball, and I jump right down; I like jump on other person’s foot, so my knee like, like broke; and, yeah, it’s a little bit hard — hurt like, like it’s like stone; I don’t know how to say that. Uhh, three months, mmm. Too difficult — I don’t know how to say that! But like the shooter, uhhh, I go to Los Angeles with my friend and maybe go to the, the beach or go to Disneyland, Universal, and we will drive the car to go to Santa Barbara.

我爸爸叫陈省平，他出生在山西太原，是一个公务员，我的妈妈也在山西太原，在一个公司工作，我哥哥在北京生活，有一个小公司

[English translation: My father’s name is (removed by editor). He comes from Shan Xi Tai Yuan. He is a government employee. And my mother also come from Shan Xi Tai Yuan. She works for a company, and my big brother lives in Beijing, and he has a small company.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Kendall Kotcher

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 19/03/2016

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

The subject learned English from a non-native speaker. He is an English Language Learner. Word mispronunciations may be a result of English-language skills, rather than dialect. The subject provided the transcription of the Mandarin part of his interview.

COMMENTARY BY: Deric McNish

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/03/2016

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