Taiwan 4

Listen to Taiwan 4, a 20-year-old woman from Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 25/01/1990

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Taiwanese

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: The subject was completing her third year of college at the time of this interview.

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

She moved to California, in the United States, a year prior to this recording and has picked up the language from interacting with friends.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

She is taking an English class at California State University, Fullerton.

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RECORDED BY: Quinn Sherman (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/11/2010

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in Taiwan. My family have two people: my father and my sister. My father now is living in Taiwan, and my sister now is living in California, Yorba Linda. The town I grew up in Taiwan is — the name is Kaohsiung. It’s south of Kaohsiung. It’s a beautiful city, and small. Um, my favorite movie is, uh, Kung Fu Panda, uh, because, uh, usually people in, uh, Chinese people parents: They want to protect their, uh, their children, so they teach the children kung fu, ya. And my school life: In my school I was, uh, uh, I was not a very good student.  But finally, I still graduate; I’m very happy, ya. [Subject then speaks in Chinese.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Quinn Sherman (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/11/2010

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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