TEXT 2- UJF108A-UJM108A This interview took place in Cape Haitian during the 2007-2008 holiday seasons. The two youngsters, the boy R and the girl J were completing the last year of primary school (sixième fondamenale). The interviewer a male secondary school teacher followed the general pattern of interviews with junior consultants: family situation, description of a typical day and leisure activities. Watching telenovelas is a favorite activity and, although the summaries are hard to follow for persons not familiar with the plots of these serials, the youngsters’ recall of the numerous characters is impressive. Also noteworthy are the consultants’ familiarity with traditional folktales (kont or blag), in his case, a Bouqui and Malice story, the main characters in the most popular stories. Finally, a phenomenon that has both social and linguistic implications is the popularity of rap and its most famous group, B.C. Barricade. Interesingly, rap seems to be a vector for the introduction of English loanwords. From a linguistic perspective, note the high frequency of front rounded vowels and post-vocalic /r/, typical features of the frenchified variety of HC termed kreyòl swa, a variety of the language that Haitians exposed to French, as is the case for urban youngsters, would be able to move up . [KONSANTMAN (0:36)] K. Ou menm kòman ou rele? R. Rudlen. K. Se Rudlen ki sa? R. -----. (silence) K. Se nan ki ane ko w fèt? R. Mil nèuf san katreven sèz. (pause) K. Ki kote w fèt? R. Balenbe. (pause) K. yo rele papaw? R. Jaksòn -----. (pause) K. Kòman yo rele manmanw? R. Bleèd -----. (pause) K. E nan ki lekòl, ke ou ye?
TEXT 2- UJF108A-UJM108A This interview took place in Cape Haitian during the 2007-2008 holiday seasons. The two youngsters, the boy R and the girl J were completing the last year of primary school (sixième fondamenale). The interviewer a male secondary school teacher followed the general pattern of interviews with junior consultants: family situation, description of a typical day and leisure activities. Watching telenovelas is a favorite activity and, although the summaries are hard to follow for persons not familiar with the plots of these serials, the youngsters’ recall of the numerous characters is impressive. Also noteworthy are the consultants’ familiarity with traditional folktales (kont or blag), in his case, a Bouqui and Malice story, the main characters in the most popular stories. Finally, a phenomenon that has both social and linguistic implications is the popularity of rap and its most famous group, B.C. Barricade. Interesingly, rap seems to be a vector for the introduction of English loanwords. From a linguistic perspective, note the high frequency of front rounded vowels and post-vocalic /r/, typical features of the frenchified variety of HC termed kreyòl swa, a variety of the language that Haitians exposed to French, as is the case for urban youngsters, would be able to move up . [KONSANTMAN (0:36)] K. Ou menm kòman ou rele? R. Rudlen. K. Se Rudlen ki sa? R. -----. (silence) K. Se nan ki ane ko w fèt? R. Mil nèuf san katreven sèz. (pause) K. Ki kote w fèt? R. Balenbe. (pause) K. yo rele papaw? R. Jaksòn -----. (pause) K. Kòman yo rele manmanw? R. Bleèd -----. (pause) K. E nan ki lekòl, ke ou ye?
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