Nikolai Petrovich Kinel'vi on reindeer herding

First part of discussion with Nikolai Petrovich about reindeer herding vocabulary and animal innards. Sometimes, especially when speaking Russian, he is addressing King at the camera. Valentina is sitting to the right of the camera. Her audio is audible on the associated wav. Occupation: reindeer he...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nikolai Kinel'vi, Valentina Dedyk, Alexander King
Format: Audio
Language:Russian
English
Published: Alexander King 2013
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Online Access:https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1313276%23
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Summary:First part of discussion with Nikolai Petrovich about reindeer herding vocabulary and animal innards. Sometimes, especially when speaking Russian, he is addressing King at the camera. Valentina is sitting to the right of the camera. Her audio is audible on the associated wav. Occupation: reindeer herder. Works in Institute for Advanced Teacher Training, Palana. She was born in a yaranga on the tundra. Learned Russian as 4th language starting in grad school and extensive residence in Kamchatka (1995 5mos, 1997-98 17 months). Had very good conversational skills by summer 1997 and fluent by early 1998, at least in listening. Has thick American accent. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situation.