2015-06-30 Core: 11 "uncontacted" tribes

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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p. 129 - Why do you think linguists have only just discovered this woman’s language? What are some advantages and disadvantages of speaking a language that has very few speakers?
mutually intelligible = people with both types of speech can understand each other
mutually unintelligible = people who speak one way can’t understand those who speak the other
(If two types of speech are mutually intelligible, they are dialects of one language, if they are not then they are different languages, according to linguists.)
The language the woman in the picture speaks is called Koro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_language_(India)
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part 2 - think of 2 ways to complete each comment
1 I don’t read the paper
  I have the news quickly.
  I have updated news.
  I get the main news.
2 old-fashioned. / boring. / wasteful of paper. / difficult to read because the words are so small. / expensive. / noisy.
3 sometimes they lie just to make me buy it.
  sometimes they invent news to sell papers. (we call these papers tabloids)
  the stories are very subjective.
4 the first page is interesting.
  I also like politics.
  I already know that Brazil lost the game.
  I need to read the entertainment section for my work.
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p. 130 part 1 - answer the questions as a class
NGO = non-governmental organization (usually has a social goal and isn’t connected to any specific political group or government)
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p. 131 part 5 - what were the actual words these people said?
1 is
2 Is
3 We (= Survival International)
Survival International said that they were confident.
Survival International said, “We are confident.”
part 7 - change these other sentences from reported speech to direct speech
Survival International said the images had spread across the world within minutes. (past perfect)
Survival International said, “The images spread across the world within minutes.” (simple past)
(spread/spread/spread - like hit/hit/hit)

A Funai spokesperson said that one online image had had more impact than 1000 reports.
A Funai spokesperson said, “One online image has had more impact than 1000 reports.”

She said she had seen the movie the night before.
She said, “I saw the movie last night.” (one specific time)

She said she had seen the movie several times before.
She said, “I have seen the movie several times before.” (multiple times over a period of time)

A typical post asked why nobody had done anything to save these tribes.
A typical post asked, “Why has nobody done anything to save these tribes?”
(= “Why hasn’t anybody done anything to save these tribes?”)
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BREAK (20 minutes)
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p. 131 part 8 - match the sentences with the person who probably said them, then change them to reported speech like you might see in the news item
1 A Funai spokesperson explained that they had taken the photos to show that these people existed.
2 An anonymous poster asked how many tribes like this there were.
3 A language expert explained that the term “uncontacted” was more of a media word than a scientific term.
4 A Peruvian government official wondered if/whether unseen tribes existed.
5 A Peruvian government official said that there was no evidence that they existed.
6 A Funai spokesperson reported that if we didn’t save these tribes, this would happen to all of us.
John said that he was sick.
Jane said that John said that he was sick.
James said that Jane said that John said that he was sick.
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She said, “I will graduate next week.”
She said that she would graduate the following week.

Yesterday she told me, “I am not going to be in class tomorrow.”
Yesterday she told me that she was not going to be in class today.

Last week she asked me, “What are you planning to teach next week?”
Last week she asked me what I was planning to teach this week.
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ask/tell/remind + [person] + information/question
ask/say/report/explain/wonder + information/question
say/report/explain + to [person] + information

She said to me that she wouldn’t be here today.
He reported to the media that the company would release a new product this month.
I explained to you why we write it like this. (We always write it like this, so I don’t need to change tense.)
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Mary told Sofia, “Tom is accused of stealing.”
Sofia said, “Mary told me that Tom was accused of stealing.”
Sofia said that Mary had told her that Tom had been accused of stealing.
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instructions/invitations/requests/promises/offers:

He said to us, “Close your books.”
He said to close our books. (instruction)

She said, “Come to my party on Friday.”
She asked, “Can you come to my party on Friday?”
She suggested, “You should come to my party on Friday!”
She invited us to come to her party on Friday. (invitation)

The students said to me, “Please close the door.”
The students asked me to close the door. (I would close it.)

The students asked, “Please can we close the door?”
The students asked to close the door. (The students would close it.)

I reminded you, “Make sure you do your homework.”
I reminded you to do your homework.

She said, “I will do my homework. I promise.”
She said that she would do her homework.
She promised to do her homework.
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Homework: p. 131 part 9, p. 134 part 3 (and read p. 135)