https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/storyboards <p><em>Semantic Fieldwork Methods </em>is dedicated to the discussion of innovative techniques and materials for use in semantic and pragmatic fieldwork. We invite contributions which explain and illustrate how hypotheses about meaning can be tested in a fieldwork setting. </p> University of British Columbia, Department of Linguistics, Vancouver, BC, Canada en-US Semantic Fieldwork Methods 2562-9271 <p>Authors of articles retain the copyright of the text and data in the article itself, unless otherwise specified in the article.</p><p>However, storyboards and other visual materials that accompany the articles are distributed with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Canada (CC-BY 2.5 CA) license, which allows the creation of derivative works (including commercial derivative works). To redistribute a storyboard or other visual material in any form, modified or unmodified, y<span>ou must give <a id="appropriate_credit_popup" class="helpLink" title="" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/" data-original-title="">a</a>ppropriate credit to the original author</span><span>, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made</span><span>. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. It is not necessary to license a derivative work with the CC-BY CA 2.5 license or any other Creative Commons license.</span></p> https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/storyboards/article/view/198281 <p class="p1">I propose a simple, two-stage storytelling process used for investigating multiple tense</p> <p class="p1">contrasts in reported speech and illustrate a basic example of its use from a pilot study in</p> <p class="p1">isiNdebele. IsiNdebele is a Nguni Bantu language of South Africa with two degrees of past tense</p> <p class="p1">marking and three future forms that are less clearly differentiated for temporal distance. The</p> <p class="p1">method involves translating a conversation with references to several past and future events and</p> <p class="p1">then role-playing a courtroom testimony in which the conversation is reported. I also describe a</p> <p class="p1">simple complementary picture-card–based method.</p> Thera Marie Crane Copyright (c) 2024 Thera Marie Crane https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/ 2024-05-29 2024-05-29 6 2 1 17 10.14288/sfm.v6i2.198281