My agenda this time is to start the basic groundwork for future sociolinguistic studies and to simply get more data. I am especially interested in data which can help me more adequately characterize the noun class/classifier system. I would also love to have a better handle on the tone system.
I will meet a missionary who intends to work on Viemõ as well. Her end goals are obviously different than my own, but there will be a lot of overlap as we are learning. It will be nice to have someone I can talk to in English about Viemõ.
Side Note: I am not sure whether or not I will continue to spell the language the way you have just seen. This will depend on what I will find when I have more data with nasal vowels.
Jeff is due to join me in Bobo Dioulasso in July for a short while and it will be nice to see him again. I think I owe him many drinks!
The packing is going, but I keep waffling back and forth between my desire to take as little as possible (for merely a two month trip) but also be prepared for anything. This is more challenging than I recall. As you can see, I am making amazing progress.
It will be very nice to see Bakary (my primary Vigue contact) again and say hello to everyone in his family. I hope the village chief and historian are there still...
That's all for now, more to follow when I arrive.
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