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Quebec Four - Text

Subject is female and is 13 years old. She was born on 17th September 1995. She is a Canadian and is a Secondary One student in a school in Montreal.

Subject was born in Montreal, in the province of Quebec, Canada. She was raised in Montreal and has been several times to Toronto where most of her relatives live.

TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH

Hello, I am [sic] born in 1995, September 17. I have two brothers. I live with my mum and my step-dad. My dad lives in Toronto and my..., with my grandma and my grandpa. I only have two grandmas and two grandpas because one is dead. Em, I have four uncles and four aunts. I have three cousins at Toronto and one cousin here. Em, I went to Wall Disney for summer and it was very fun, everything is nice and beautiful over there because no one brings pencils to write on everything and I really loved the hotel. I went to Toronto for my Chrismas vacation, it was nice but there wasn't much snow.

SAMPLE RECORDED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY YVES, TALLA SANDO OUAFEU JANUARY 07, 2009

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