Sociolinguistic Interview (Group 4) zag_soc20150922_g4

In this session we conducted a group interview on sociolinguistic topics (the last of four). The two consultants (group of younger women: Mrs. Aziza Ibrahim Siliman and Mrs. Fatima Mohamad Abdarahman) were presented questions by the research assistent Elsadig Omda Ibrahim Elnur as a stimulus for a free discussion. In particular the preparation and procedure in these sociolinguistic interviews was as follows: Before the meeting EOI had prepared the English questions (cf. list as pdf) in Arabic and in Zaghawa since the consultants discussed in Zaghawa (mixed with Arabic due to the complexity of the topic). On the day of the meeting some of the central topics were explained before the discussion. During the discussion and the recording itself the group got the questions read aloud by EOI (in Arabic or Zaghawa), but they conducted the discussion by themselves. EOI chaired the discussion e.g. in order to get back to questions that had not been touched on or to pass to another question, but with minimal intrusion. This last interview is brief and condensed. FMA is talking a lot and AIS has a rather low voice. The recordings were translated as summaries in English by EOI (written down by LIC, see pdf).