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Speech on existing (and potential) language and linguistic resources on South Asian languages captions transcript

Speech on existing (and potential) language and linguistic resources on South Asian languages

Video recording of a presentation discussing existing resources and further questions to be asked, with a particular emphasis on Pakistani languages. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Bashir, Elena & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on Tibetan linguistic area and archiving practices captions transcript

Speech on Tibetan linguistic area and archiving practices

Video recording of a presentation describing previous research in the Tibetan linguistic area, future research areas, and issues to be considered in archiving practices. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Caplow, Nancy J.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dataset for discussion of naming systems, Part III

Shekarnong Sankhil explains traditional naming practices. This system is based on birth order.
Date: August 27, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on clan names and building villages (open access)

Notes on clan names and building villages

Notes on categorization of Lamkang clans and clan names, and of the building of villages - handwritten by Shetkarnong Sankhil and typed up by Shobhana Chelliah's research team.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on CoRSAL and its motivations captions transcript

Speech on CoRSAL and its motivations

Video recording of a presentation providing an introduction to the Computational Resources on South Asian Languages project, and the guiding motivations behind the research project. This presentation part of the opening afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on CoRSAL contributions captions transcript

Speech on CoRSAL contributions

Video recording of a presentation summarizing the individual project team members' contributions and how this CoRSAL project fits into the broader field of linguistics. This was part of the opening afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi (open access)

Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi

Transcription of Thei chik tboor tun ki suu txhat nah (Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree) as told by Shekarnong Sankhil. A young man, abandoned by his elder brother at the behest of his wife, befriends a young woman. He gifts his prospective parents-in-law with precious items he took from the tiger he killed. The young woman proves herself fit to be his wife by being the only person not to slip on a mat spread out at harvest time.
Date: September 2, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for elicitation of various sentences (open access)

Transcript for elicitation of various sentences

Transcription of various sentences in translated into Lamkang to show several different constructions for aspect and mood.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Description of mithun preparation and loom making (open access)

Transcription: Description of mithun preparation and loom making

Transcription with word for word and free translations of a monologue about mithun preparation and loom preparation (sil dak k'ee you). Narrated by Shetkarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi village, Chandel district, Manipur, India. Recorded at UNT during his visit.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicitation of directional nouns (open access)

Transcription: Elicitation of directional nouns

Transcription of an elicitation session of how space is encoded in Lamkang. The sentences were based on those in an LTBA (Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area) article on Qiang languages that was under review at the time of elicitation.
Date: November 16, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicitation of paradigm of 'give' (open access)

Transcription: Elicitation of paradigm of 'give'

Transcription of an elicitation session of the paradigm for the verb 'give'.
Date: August 25, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicitation of verb prefixes (open access)

Transcription: Elicitation of verb prefixes

Transcription of an elicitation session of verb prefixes to examine complex onsets in Lamkang. These verb forms were elicited to conduct an acoustic study of complex onsets in Lamkang. All elicited forms are transitive ([X] verbs [Y]) and are drawn from the Inverse and Imperfective paradigms. They were chosen to exhibit a range in onset complexity.
Date: August 27, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak (open access)

Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak

Transcription of a blessing ritual called "Smul kpnaak" as performed by Sumshot Khular. This blessing is used by Lamkang elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. It can be performed for getting a blessing for good health, wealth, children, long life and any other blessings.
Date: August 19, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Daniel (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Daniel

Transcription of a retelling of Naaspati paomin (the Pear Story), as narrated by Daniel Tholung Thamlakhuren and translated by Sumshot Khular into English and inputting in SayMore.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Shekarnong Sankhil (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Shekarnong Sankhil

Transcription of a retelling of Naaspati paomin (the Pear Story), narrated by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi village during his visit to UNT in 2009.
Date: August 23, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Monologue on the need to document Lamkang (open access)

Transcription: Monologue on the need to document Lamkang

Transcription of a monologue by Daniel Tholung on the Lamkang people and language. He discusses the need to work toward promoting and preserving the language and how he and Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi came to the UNT on Chelliah's invitation to interact with students and teach them about Lamkang. This is one of a series of recordings of Lamkang language revitalization experts on the importance of documenting the Lamkang language.
Date: August 22, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on legal and privacy implications for language archives captions transcript

Speech on legal and privacy implications for language archives

Video recording of a discussion in which attendees legal and privacy implications for language archives. This was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Wasson, Christina & Wolfson, Stephen
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on digital publishing of Tibetan literature and language documentation captions transcript

Speech on digital publishing of Tibetan literature and language documentation

Video recording of a presentation providing a short history of digital publishing of Tibetan literature and language documentation. The video also includes off-screen discussion among conference attendees. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Germano, David & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on scalable academic service(s) for complexity, collaboration, & community in the digital era captions transcript

Speech on scalable academic service(s) for complexity, collaboration, & community in the digital era

Video recording of the first keynote session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. In this session, the presenter explores how new digitally enabled approaches to service offer new possibilities in research and publication.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Germano, David & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicited causative constructions (open access)

Transcription: Elicited causative constructions

Transcription of an elicitation of causative constructions in Lamkang. Recorded from Sumshot Khular as part of a 2017 field methods course at UNT.
Date: 2017
Creator: Good, Wally
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech about digital preservation collections in the UNT Digital Library captions transcript

Speech about digital preservation collections in the UNT Digital Library

Video of the opening remarks at the start of the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Cathy Hartman, the interim Dean of UNT Libraries, provides an overview of digital preservation collections in the UNT Digital Library.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on language archiving needs and issues captions transcript

Speech on language archiving needs and issues

Video recording of a presentation discussing language archiving needs and issues from the perspective of the Lamkang community. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Khular, Sumshot & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America captions transcript

Speech on Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America

Video recording of a presentation discussing the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin American project. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Kung, Susan Smythe & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on harmonized annotation and data captions transcript

Speech on harmonized annotation and data

Video recording of a panel session discussing questions regarding harmonized annotation and data. This presentation was part of an afternoon session on "Data formats, harmonized annotation" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Kung, Susan Smythe; Aristar-Dry, Helen; Palmer, Alexis & Simons, Gary F.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library