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Sesiones lingüisticas: Spanish-language series (1961) The Chiapas Project
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- archival Tape 1: Abertura, Diaz de Salas (March? 1961) Contents: Track 1: Norman McQuown, speaking Spanish, opens the four-day series of reports (also in Spanish) on results of the most recent field research. Diaz de Salas begins his report. Track 2: Diaz de Salas concludes his remarks and answers questions. Near the end of the track a man named Mayers delivers a talk (in English) on sociolinguistics.
- archival Tape 5: Comparative Tzeltal-Tzotzil Contents: Track 1: McQuown, speaking Spanish, announces the subjects for the next five presentations, beginning with Berlin's comparative presentation of the work done on Tzeltal and Tzotzil in the previous three months. (Berlin speaks in English.) Track 2: Unnamed male speaker (Berlin?), using English, continues to discuss syntax of Tzeltzal (Tzotzil?). A second American speaker, using Spanish, describes the use of machines (such as IBM card readers) in the study of language.
- archival Tape 4: Sivacá (concluded) Contents: Track 1: Zabala continues his remarks on Sivacá. Track 2: Zabala concludes his remarks with questions and comments by McQuown and another attendee.
- archival Tape 6: Pitt-Rivers, C. Guiteras Contents: Track 1: After McQuown's opening remarks, Pitt-Rivers, speaking Spanish, talks about anthropological sociology. Track 2: Pitt-Rivers concludes his remarks. Then Calixta Guiteras- Holmes), speaking Spanish, gives a presentation on Bachajón (where she did her research).
- archival Tape 7: Bachajón; resumen y perspectiva Contents: Track 1: Guiteras continues her presentation. Track 2: Guiteras concludes her remarks; McQuown sums up the proceedings of the past few days.
- archival Tape 8: Loose ends; censo minimo Contents: Track 1: McQuown, speaking Spanish, appears to be reviewing the record of who was responsible for which location as well as tying up other "loose ends". Track 2: Pitt-Rivers, speaking Spanish, engages in a lengthy discussion with Hermitte (?) and another woman; McQuown adds his comments.
- archival Tape 9: Conclusion of "resumen" Contents: Track 1: Pitt-Rivers, Hermitte and McQuown continue (and conclude) the discussion begun on Tape 8. (The dialogue is mostly in Spanish.) Track 2: BLANK
- archival Tape 3: Pinola (concluded); Sivacá Contents: Track 1: Hermitte concludes her remarks, then answers questions (in both Spanish and English). Track 2: Hermitte concludes her presentation; about the half-way point of the track a new speaker (Manuel Zabala), speaking Spanish, is introduced.
- archival Tape 2: E.E. Calnek & E. Hermitte Contents: Track 1: Calnek, speaking English, reviews the ethnohistory of highland Chiapas. Trakc 2: Calnek concludes his remarks and answers questions. About three-quarters of an hour into the tape Hermitte, speaking Spanish, begins her report on Pinola.
- sound spa-sesling-spa-4b-ed Contents=Track 2 of the tape, edited