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Description: | The speaker talks about his experiences of calving. He mentions problems with premature births and traditional remedies adopted to prevent it.
phonology
definite article + C ® [?t]; definite article + V ® [t]; H-dropping
FACE [E:]; PRICE [a:I]; GOAT [o:]; START [a:]; happY [I]
® [Iv@]; ® [@]
note also calve [ka:v > kQ:v], beast [bI@s], with [wI], soon [sUn], there [DE@ ~ DI@], make [mEk], usually [jUu:ZU@lI], Frisian [fr/i:zI@n], always [Ql@s], CONdititon [kQndIS@n], first [f@st], in [I], often [Qft=n], premature [pr/Em@tju@], go [gU], inoculated [InQk@lE:tId], do [dIU], geese [g@Is], heard [I@d] and evil [i:vIl]
grammar
have as full verb (I have another building lower down)
intensifier right (right hollow)
complementiser, that ® at (I don’t know at I’ve had any calvings much at night)
zero possessive marker with it (it’s a bit afore it time)
relative pronoun ® at (if you just get one at sort of slips a calf)
complementiser, as ® so (that isn’t so serious)
clitic have (they’ve to be under eight months old = they have to be under eight months old)
lexis
suchlike = and other things of such character; heifer = young cow that has not had a calf; aye = yes; slacks = narrowest part of cow’s back; Friesian = breed of black and white dairy cattle; Aberdeen Angus = breed of polled black beef cattle; oft = often; afore = before; pick ~ slip a calf = to give birth prematurely, abort (of cattle); these here = these
note use and phonetic quality of utterance final discourse markers you know [j@ no:] and like [la:Ik] | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | University of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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