Switzerland 17

Listen to Switzerland 17, a 17-year-old girl from Thusis and Chur, Switzerland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 17

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/08/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Thusis, Switzerland

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Swiss (exact ethnicity and race N/A)

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: academic upper secondary school

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

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject was in an Italian/German bilingual class for 10 years.

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RECORDED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/09/2013

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, well, in my free time, I play volleyball; I go horseriding; um, I like really much doing this because when I play volleyball, I’m doing a sports activity. And I play with a team, which is really important to me because I like sports better when you can play with other people; you dont have to do it on your own; you fight for your own, so, yes, I like it really.

[Subject speaks in German]: No uf Dütsch: OK, also i miner freiziit spili volleyball und i riite, und i spiel gern volleyball will i denn miteme team das ka mache, und i han lieber teamsport will i denn mit andere lüt kan öpis zeme erreiche und dass nöd ganz ellai als einzelkämpfer mues.

[Translation: Also, in German: OK, so in my spare time I play volleyball and I go riding. I like playing volleyball because I can do that with a team. I like teamsport much more because I can achieve something together with others and I don’t have to do it alone as a lone warrior.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/01/2014

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

COMMENTARY BY: N/A

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

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