Banawá Data
Elicitation data:
Focus phenomena
Below are recordings and accompanying transcriptions of clauses gathered during elicitation sessions with Banawa speakers. These clauses all involve focus phenomena, either argument focus, contrastive focus, sentence focus, or predicate focus.
 
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Contrastive focus
Sets I-VI
 
Set I
1. Transcription
2. Are you going fishing now?
3. I’m not going fishing.
4. Not fishing now-fishing LATER.
5. Not fishing-HUNTING now.
6. Not going fishing.
7. BETO is going fishing now.
8. I am going fishing NOW-dubious.
9. I am going FISHING now.
10. You are going fishing now.
 
Set II
1. Transcription
2. Did you catch this fish?
3. I caught THIS one.
4. I didn't- YIDA caught it.
5. No, I DIDN'T catch that fish.
6. I caught THAT fish.
7. I caught THIS fish.
8. YIDA went fishing and caught THIS fish.
 
Set III
1. Transcription
2. Did you eat Kobaya yesterday?
3. We didn't have kobaya yesterday-having it TODAY.
4. We had FISH yesterday.
5. We didn't have kobaya yesterday.
6. I ate fish yesterday.
7. I ate kobaya yesterday.
8. I will eat kobaya today. A
9. I will eat kobaya today. B
 
Set IV
1. Transcription
2. Would you like some coffee?
3. Yes, please.
4. No coffee-but WATER.
5. I would like some coffee.
6. I would like some water.
 
Set V
1. Transcription
2. Do you need fishhooks?
3. I don't but DAMIAO does.
4. I don't but DAMIAO does.
5. No fishhooks but FISHINGLINE.
6. Damiao needs fishhooks. A first
7. Damiao needs fishhooks. O first
8. Damiao is buying fishhooks?
9. I ALSO need fishhooks-as well as someone else.
10. I also need fishing line-as well as hooks-what's the difference?
11. I ALSO need fishingline-as well as hooks.
12. I need fish hooks.
 
Set VI
1. Transcription
2. Did Beto kill the kobaya?
3. Beto didn't kill a kobaya-BATAO did.
4. Beto didn't kill a kobaya-he killed a DEER.
5. Beto didn't kill an animal-NOTHING
6. Batao killed a pig.
7. Beto killed a deer. A first
8. Beto killed a deer. O first
9. Beto killed a pig. A first
10. Beto killed pig. O first
Contrastive focus II
Sets VII-XIII
 
Set VII
1. Transcription
2. Did the jaguar die?
3. He died.
4. No, he didn't die.
5. The jaguar didn't die.
6. The jaguar died.
 
Set VIII
1. Transcription
2. Is this your karaboa?
3. It's not my karaboa.
4. Not mine, my SONS.
5. Yes, it's mine.
 
Set IX
1. Transcription
2. Did you make the karaboa?
3. I didn't make it, my FATHER made it. A
4. I didn't make it, my FATHER made it. B
5. My father made this karaboa.
6. You made this karaboa-really?
 
Set X
1. Transcription
2. Did you make this hammock?
3. Did you make this hammock?
4. I didn't make it - my MUM made it.
5. I didn't make it-my father BOUGHT it for me.
6. Yes, I made it.
7. I made this hammock.
8. My mother made this hammock.
9. I made this hammock.
 
Set XI
1. Transcription
2. Did Deka give fish to your son?
3. Did Deka give the fish to your son? O first
4. Did DEKA give your son the fish? A first
5. Did Deka give your sone the fish? No, he didn't.
6. DEKA didn't, TOEFI did.
7. Didn't give it to my son-gave it to my DAUGHTER.
8. Gave the BANANAS to my son and the FISH to my daughter.
9. Deka gave your son the fish.
 
Set XII
1. Transcription
2. Does Clive like bananas?
3. Clive likes BANANAS but he DOESN'T like beans.
4. CLIVE likes bananas but his younger BROTHER doesn't.
5. Clive likes bananas.
6. He DOESN'T like bananas but he LIKES GOIABA.
7. He likes BANANAS but DOESN'T like Goiaba.
 
Set XIII
 
1. Transcription
2. Who is the banawa chief?
3. Badi is the chief of the banawa.
4. Is Toefi your chief?
5. No, toefi isn't our chief-BADI is.
6. Is toefi your chief?
7. No, BADI is our chief.
8. BADI is the banawa chief.