Jesús López Oral History: Biography and Language Use in San Martín de Trevellu

Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso coordinated this oral history dataset from the e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse, last updated on 2024-05-05. It contains a biographical narrative from an informant, Jesús López, detailing his life, education, and language use in the San Martín de Trevellu/Trevejo area. The description suggests the data covers topics such as schooling, bilingualism between Spanish and the local 'lagarteiro' language, and cultural practices like music and festivals.

Use Cases

• Study language acquisition and bilingualism based on the informant's description of learning Spanish in school while using 'lagarteiro' elsewhere.
• Analyze educational and cultural history based on details about schooling in Eljas and Cáceres in the mid-20th century.
• Research social stratification and language use based on the mention that 'lagarteiro' was used by all except the wealthiest families.
• Examine community life and identity based on themes of music groups, parties, dances, and relationships described.

Strengths

• Provides a first-person biographical narrative from a specific informant with 30 years of residence in San Martín.
• Contains specific temporal and geographic references, such as schooling in Eljas until age 12 and later in Cáceres.
• Addresses multiple sociolinguistic and ethnographic themes, including language use, education, and cultural practices.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• The dataset's scope is limited to a single informant's perspective, which may not be generalizable.

Provenance

Source

e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely gathered through ethnographic interview or oral history collection.

Time Range

Covers the informant's life, likely spanning much of the 20th century based on the description of his education.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:16:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focuses on San Martín de Trevellu/Trevejo, Eljas, and Cáceres in the Spanish-Portuguese border region.