Switzerland 15

Listen to Switzerland 15, a 17-year-old girl from Chur, Switzerland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 17

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/05/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Chur, Switzerland

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Swiss (exact ethnicity and race N/A)

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: academic upper secondary school

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: N/A

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject talked Pus’ciavin with her father.

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RECORDED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/09/2013

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Um, I’m 17 years old, and I live in Chur with my brother and sister and my parents, and I like to play volleyball in my free time and to do other sports. My favorite film is Dear Jordan [laughs] because it’s a very nice love story, and my favorite music is, um, all a bit.

[Subject speaks in German]: Jo, min name isch Lara. I lebe in Chur mit mine eltere und mine gschwüsterte und i miner freiziit spili volleyball, und, jo, I gahn in d kanti z Chur sit füf johr, jo.

[Translation: Yes, my name is Lara. I’m living in Chur with my parents and my sibling, and in my spare time I play volleyball, and, yes, I go to school at the gymnasium in Chur for five years now, yes.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/01/2014

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

COMMENTARY BY: N/A

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

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