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Notes on Dimasa grammar and summaries
Handwritten notes on Dimasa summarizing the status of Burling's description of various aspects of the language: interrogatives, modals, post-positions and subordinators, case marking, negation, TAM, and adverbials. Includes partial index of examples across multiple Dimasa notebooks.
Date:
2008-02/2009
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Boro Tones handout
A handout summarizing of Burling's discussion of the Boro tone system at the Northeast Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS) II conference in Gauhati, Assam. Includes handwritten annotations of tones in words ranging from 1-3+ syllables.
Date:
2007
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Garo and Tiwa grammar
Handwritten notes on Tiwa and Garo grammar including case marking, adverbials, and nominalization.
Date:
[2000..2010]
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bodo Correspondences August 2000
Typed table of sound correspondences from Proto-Bodo-Garo in 4 Bodo-Garo languages (Tiwa, Boro, Garo, Rabha) arranged by initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants.
Date:
[2000..2002]
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Roshan Laal Negi's experience in the Indian army
Roshan Laal Negi describes his experience in the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and in the Indian Army. The ITBP is very much present in the area of Chhitkul village, notably due to recurring tensions with China. The recording was made in the living room of his house in Chhitkul village. His house is one of the most spacious houses at the back of the village.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ram Kumar's childhood in Chhitkul village
Ram Kumar describes his childhood in Chhitkul village. The recording was made at the Government Senior Secondary School in Chhitkul village, where Kumar is a teacher. The school is located further down the village, on the river bank, on the road towards the military checkpoint.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Tiwa phonology and grammar
Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology (tone, glottals, syllable structure) and grammar (case, adverbials, compounds, classifiers, negation) with sample sentences and phrases. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (animals, body parts, natural world, household, agriculture, verbs of motion/ break/ cut/ carry/ burn/ boil, time, and health).
Date:
2000-11-15/2000-12-18
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Revised Tiwa word list
Typed Tiwa word list arranged alphabetically by English gloss including columns for original spelling, revised spelling, gloss, and source of information in Burling's handwritten field notes. Glosses minimally include simple English translations, as well as lexical categories, comparisons to Garo, and brief comments on wordhood, transitivity, usage, and affixes.
Date:
[2001..2010]
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Tiwa tone
Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology examining tone in monosyllabic and polysyllabic forms and the impact of case and TAM markers on tone.
Date:
[2000..2010]
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tones and vowel length
Handwritten notes on Dimasa with special focus on tone, vowel length, and final glottals. Includes regional word list, words with final -p and -k, and minimal pairs and triplets demonstrating vowel length distinctions in adjectival forms.
Date:
2008-03-27/2008-04
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Boro Tones
A linguistic description of Boro tones, specifically in polysyllabic words, including an overview of Boro's phonemic inventory and syllable structure. The authors identify three tones (high, low, and falling), present examples, and discuss the effects of morphology and final consonants on tone. They conclude by comparing the Boro tone system to those of Tiwa and Rabha, and positing directions for further investigation.
Date:
April 2006
Creator:
Burling, Robbins & Joseph, Umbavu Varghese
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Rabha phonology and word lists
Handwritten notes on Rabha phonology focusing on tone, vowel quality, echo words, and syllable structure, with a phoneme inventory. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (natural world, body parts, animals, kinship terms).
Date:
[2000..2010]
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Boro tones and syllable structure
Handwritten notes on Boro, focusing on tone, pitch, and lexical stress in polysyllabic words. Includes examples of three tones (high, low, and falling), discussion of how these tones are differentiated, and diagrams of potential tone combinations.
Date:
2006
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 60
Handwritten notes on Akha grammar including transcriptions and partial translations of simple sentences and dialogues. Includes a transcription of a monologue given by Àsɔ̀q, a short monologue about scolding, and comments on analyses from other notebooks.
Date:
1977?
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa phonology
Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology with special focus on vowel quality and final glottals. Includes partial index of examples across multiple Dimasa notebooks.
Date:
2009-03-10/2009-03-15
Creator:
Burling, Robbins
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about a foreigner at school
Jagdish Chander describes an episode involving a foreigner at his school during childhood. The recording was made at Jiya Lal's home, where Jagdish happened to pass by.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shiv Bhakti's experience at school and afterwards
Shiv Bhakti describes how good she was at school and and how she got her current job. The recording was made at her home in Chhitkul village.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Balbir Singh Negi's experience as a farmer
Balbir Singh Negi describes his job as farmer and what he does during winter time to prepare for the next season's crops. The recording was made very close to Balbir's house, in front of one of the main temple's storage place.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Scripts for conversational vignette
Typed and handwritten conversation scripts translated from Manipuri to Lamkang. Conversation topics include riding the bus, staying at a hotel, visiting a market, getting a haircut, talking on the phone, and meeting colleagues.
Date:
May 20, 2008
Creator:
Thounaojam, Harimohon
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fieldwork Notes: Notebook I
Field notes taken during linguistic fieldwork on the Burushaski language, including work on the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date:
2003/2004
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Newspaper Clippings from 'Achik Songbad' Volume 4, Number 33, August 31, 1956]
Newspaper clipping covering global events in Europe, East Asia, and North Africa, as well as regional news from India, Myanmar, and Nepal.
Date:
August 31, 1956
Creator:
Marak, N. N.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bal Raj Negi's occupations
Bal Raj Negi describes his occupations and experience in horticulture in Rakchham village and his own life before that. It was recorded at the Uma Guest House in Rakchham village, which Bal owns. Since Bal spent most of his time working outside of Rakchham village, he is actually not fluent in Chhitkul-Rakchham. Interestingly, he uses exclusively Hindi in the second half of the recording. From then on, he speaks faster, it is then very clear he is more conversant with Hindi.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Radha's life in Rakchham
Radha Devi describes her life in Rakchham village, from childhood to present, noting the many difficulties she encountered. The recording was made at Shudha Bakhti's house in Rakchham village.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jiya Lal's experience as Mata Devi's oracle
Jiya Lal describes his experience as Mata Devi’s Mali (Oracle). The recording was made at his home in Chhitkul village.
Date:
2018/2022
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library