General Report Wichita Project Boulder, Colorado, USA David S. Rood Andreas Mühldorfer Armik Mirzayan Frankfurt,

I. Annotation of Already Existing Material About 15 Wichita Narratives, collected by Rood About 15 Wichita Narratives, collected by Rood A 28 minute Wichita Conversation (with embedded texts) collected by Rood, Field Work notes and audio records of Rood A 28 minute Wichita Conversation (with embedded texts) collected by Rood, Field Work notes and audio records of Rood Haddon Texts (from 1940s) Haddon Texts (from 1940s) A Collection of Traditional Wichita Songs A Collection of Traditional Wichita Songs

Ia. Annotation of Wichita Narratives digitized all sounds (44kHz, 16bit) digitized all sounds (44kHz, 16bit) use Shoebox for annotation and automatic parsing with lexicon use Shoebox for annotation and automatic parsing with lexicon Import data into ELAN Import data into ELAN - linguistic type issues with annotation - time alignment

Ib. Annotation of Wichita Conversation digitized sound (44kHz, 16bit) digitized sound (44kHz, 16bit) Annotation done in ELAN from start Annotation done in ELAN from start detail timing, turn taking, pauses, with indication of song segments and narratives that are embedded inside detail timing, turn taking, pauses, with indication of song segments and narratives that are embedded inside

Ib. CA Example: CA in ELAN CA in ELAN Java Web Start.lnk Java Web Start.lnkJava Web Start.lnkJava Web Start.lnk Output into Spreadsheet Output into Spreadsheet..\..\..\Wichita_Sounds_1960s\WIDMF13\Reels\Conversations\18_1976_2_BP_and_BP_Conversa tion_01_15min_05.xls..\..\..\Wichita_Sounds_1960s\WIDMF13\Reels\Conversations\18_1976_2_BP_and_BP_Conversa tion_01_15min_05.xls..\..\..\Wichita_Sounds_1960s\WIDMF13\Reels\Conversations\18_1976_2_BP_and_BP_Conversa tion_01_15min_05.xls..\..\..\Wichita_Sounds_1960s\WIDMF13\Reels\Conversations\18_1976_2_BP_and_BP_Conversa tion_01_15min_05.xls

IIa. New Material Collection 2 fieldwork trips to Anadarko in Summer of fieldwork trips to Anadarko in Summer of individual interviews to help with annotation of older material (audiotaped) and obtain audio for word lists - 4 informal meetings between tribal elders (audio+videotaped, 4-9 participants), and look for other collections 1 recent fieldwork trip to Anadarko in March recent fieldwork trip to Anadarko in March individual interviews and more annotation of old texts (Mühldorfer) - videotape attempts were unsuccessful

IIb. New Material Processing Following the DOBES Workflow Following the DOBES Workflow - DMFs of Video Tapes Obtained - Make Sessions from the DMFs (in progress) - Some sessions have been processed and we are starting annotation Problems Problems - Sessions are very “choppy”, hard to define - The nature of the material is very different from the older texts! Code Switching, and other language contact issues are at work.

III. The Nature of the New Material Collection Audio Recordings and Individual Interviews Audio Recordings and Individual Interviews -One consultant was able to assist with retelling, translation, etc … of the older spoken material. -Another consultant produced many individual words, good for Lexicon Video Recordings – very different from old material Video Recordings – very different from old material - mostly spoken in English - words and phrases in Wichita - a few continuous segments in Wichita

Example : Doris – grandmother’s curing Doris - Continuous Text Doris - Continuous Text Doris - Seeking Confirmation (“saying it right?”) Doris - Seeking Confirmation (“saying it right?”) Vivian - interruption (“reminded me of a word”) Vivian - interruption (“reminded me of a word”) Shirley – comment in English Shirley – comment in English

IV. Continue Work on Lexicon Various Versions of a Multimedia Dictionary Various Versions of a Multimedia Dictionary - HTML/XML format - Links to Sound Files with Individual Words - Sound files from 48 cassettes, 18 reels (all digitized and annotated) (all digitized and annotated) - Ability to Search the Database for particular items (x- referenced)

IV. Lexicon Examples - 01 XML and Time Code Links XML and Time Code Links..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\XML\tcodes\editted\04_M1973_1_TC _ED.txt..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\XML\tcodes\editted\04_M1973_1_TC _ED.txt..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\XML\tcodes\editted\04_M1973_1_TC _ED.txt..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\XML\tcodes\editted\04_M1973_1_TC _ED.txt..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\XML\Wichita_Sample.xml..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\XML\Wichita_Sample.xml..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\XML\Wichita_Sample.xml

IV. Lexicon Examples - 02 HTML and Sound Links HTML and Sound Links..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\HTML_New\Wichita_Lexicon_01.html..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\HTML_New\Wichita_Lexicon_01.html..\..\..\Wichita_Databases\Web\HTML_New\Wichita_Lexicon_01.html

IV. Lexicon Examples - 03 Shoebox Lexicon format, used for partial automatic parsing of narratives and conversation Shoebox Lexicon format, used for partial automatic parsing of narratives and conversation