# PrimaryMaterial

The object of study, such as a recording of natural discourse, a literary work, a film, or some other record of language.

This term is a subclass of [schema:CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork).

This term is an expected value of the property:\
[materialType](https://ldaca.gitbook.io/metadata-for-language-data/properties/materialtype).

This term is included in the defined term set:\
[MaterialTypes](https://ldaca.gitbook.io/metadata-for-language-data/defined-term-sets/materialtypes)

This term replaces OLAC [text](http://www.language-archives.org/REC/type-20020628.html#text).