====== The Deer Secret ======


Original pages: 134-146, Alcheringa New Series 3-1

PDF Excerpt: 
Audio: [[https://media.sas.upenn.edu/jacket2/mp3/Alcheringa/Alcheringa_New_V3N1_2_Mo-Alonzo-Gonzales_Deer-Secret_1977.mp3|The Deer Secret]]

Performed by: Alonzo Gonzales Mó

Translated by: Allan Burns


===== Overview =====
This is a translation and transcription of a performance given by Alonzo Gonzales Mó in Yucatec
Mayan, June 16, 1972, in Ticul, Yucatan.

==== Note ====
Alcheringa New Series 3-1 includes this note on the audio insert:

This is part of the performance of "The Deer Secret" by Alonzo Gonzales Mó, recorded by Allan Burns in June of 1972. The recording starts mid-way through the story, and continues to the end. To follow the Mayan language in Burns' translation, begin with the line "Well, con . .. every day, every day of the week, (higher) how many deer will he shoot? (a lot)" on page 138 above in this issue.

=====Commentary =====

Burns incorporates the following techniques in his transcription:

1. Vertical spacing to show units of utterance.

2. Dots between lines to indicates pauses. More dots indicate a longer pause.

3. Italics and wholly capitalized words to show emphasis.

4. Words in parentheses to the right to indicate audience or listener speech.

5. Italicized words in parentheses indicate changes in pitch, volume, or intonation.


====Bibliography====