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Illegal is not a Noun: Linguistic Form for Detection of Pejorative Nominalizations (open access)

Illegal is not a Noun: Linguistic Form for Detection of Pejorative Nominalizations

This paper focuses on a particular type of abusive language, targeting expressions in which typically neutral adjectives take on pejorative meaning when used as nouns.
Date: August 2017
Creator: Palmer, Alexis; Robinson, Melissa & Phillips, Kristy
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconstructing Bellour: Automating the Semiotic Analysis of Film (open access)

Reconstructing Bellour: Automating the Semiotic Analysis of Film

This article discusses automating the semiotic analysis of film, including visual representation, search and retrieval, and ways of seeing.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Anderson, Richard L. & O'Connor, Brian Clark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using WhatsApp for Language Documentation (open access)

Using WhatsApp for Language Documentation

Instructions for collecting language data using WhatsApp, translated into Dimasa. Instructions suggest various methods of eliciting language data about ethnographic topics such as traditional foods, social practices, festivals, and everyday life.
Date: August 5, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh & Longmailai, Monali
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 27 Side A

Akha songs and narratives. Àbɔ́qɔ: shà iq iq ə on swinging
Date: August 27, 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 27 Side B

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. Àbɔ́qɔ: shà iq iq ə on swinging
Date: August 27, 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 28 Side A

Àbɔ́qɔ's wife: shə è singing at the swing festival
Date: August 27, 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 28 Side B

Continued from Side A. Àbɔ́qɔ's wife: shə è singing at the swing festival
Date: August 27, 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 26 Side B

Akha songs and narratives. Ádaŋ: mà djá pɔ́ŋ
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 25 Side B

Akha narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-55 Àbɔ́qɔ: stories; 55-end Mì-jàq: Akhas and Shans
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Skichengani Kitap (open access)

Skichengani Kitap

Book of 30 lessons on the Garo alphabet, handwriting, and arithmetic. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 15, 1991
Creator: Busolin, B.; Thomas, Phadar K. A. & Joseph, Umbavu Varghese
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares

Transcription of a retelling of Sraa nao le svang nao ktaang ktloo ki paomin (the Story of the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares), as told by Belun Sankhil. One of several retellings of a traditional story where the rich hunter switches his quarry, a bird, with that of his poor hunting partner, absurdly claiming his trap up high in a tree had caught a deer. In this version it is the fox who parodies the rich hunter's reasoning by claiming he burnt his feet during a flood.
Date: August 27, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about a master and his helper

This is a monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a master and his domestic help. The master asks his helper to bring a sharpening tool and the helper brings sand instead. He could not differentiate between the two words because they were homophonous. The other native speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about a master and his helper

This is a monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a master and his domestic help. The master asks his helper to bring a sharpening tool and the helper brings sand instead. He could not differentiate between the two words because they were homophonous. The other native speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the early life of Muhammad Younas

This is a personal narrative by Muhammad Younas (a 60-year old male and retired factory worker) about a time when he was working in Karachi. Muhammad Younas talks about his life in Karachi, other community members who lived there, and some incidents that happened during that time. The other speaker present during this recording is Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male).
Date: August 26, 2020
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the early life of Muhammad Younas

This is a personal narrative by Muhammad Younas (a 60-year old male and retired factory worker) about a time when he was working in Karachi. Muhammad Younas talks about his life in Karachi, other community members who lived there, and some incidents that happened during that time. The other speaker present during this recording is Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male).
Date: August 26, 2020
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of the thirsty crow

This is a retelling of the story of the thirsty crow by Akbar Khan (a 46-year old male teacher). Once upon a time, a crow was very thirsty. He flew in search of water and saw a pitcher. He sat on the pitcher to drink water, but the surface of the water was low and he could not reach it. He then gathered some small pebbles and put them in the pitcher one by one. The water level raised. He drank water and flew away. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 40-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of the thirsty crow

This is a retelling of the story of the thirsty crow by Akbar Khan (a 46-year old male teacher). Once upon a time, a crow was very thirsty. He flew in search of water and saw a pitcher. He sat on the pitcher to drink water, but the surface of the water was low and he could not reach it. He then gathered some small pebbles and put them in the pitcher one by one. The water level raised. He drank water and flew away. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 40-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 68 (open access)

Akha notebook 68

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about marriage, spirits, thieves, and villages splitting.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of State Library Agencies' Information Technology Standards Policies and Practices: Final Report (open access)

A Study of State Library Agencies' Information Technology Standards Policies and Practices: Final Report

This report is on a study of state library agencies' information technology standards policies and practices. The study provides the National Information Standards Organization with detailed information about the current use of standards by state library agencies and a set of recommendations to better serve the standards needs of state library agencies.
Date: August 15, 2000
Creator: Moen, William E. & Shobowale, Gloria C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of State Library Agencies' Information Technology Standards Policies and Practices (open access)

A Study of State Library Agencies' Information Technology Standards Policies and Practices

This study, undertaken in 1998, attempted to bridge the gap of information and understanding about the current situation of state library agencies' use, opportunities and issues related to technical standards.
Date: August 15, 2000
Creator: Moen, William E. & Shobowale, Gloria C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: The Prodigal Son (open access)

Transcription: The Prodigal Son

Transcription of a reading of the Story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-24) from the New Testament by Beshot Khullar. A landowner's second son demands his share of the inheritance before the father's death, goes off and squanders it, and returns to his father, who accepts his penitent son. The older brother, however, is upset at his father's acceptance of his returning brother.
Date: August 18, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
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: Traditional story about Raapa by Suungnem Bunghon (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Raapa by Suungnem Bunghon

Transcription of a retelling of Raapa paomin (the Story of Raapa), as narrated by Bunghon Suungnem. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: August 31, 2017
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex & Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Dingkaakuuk (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Dingkaakuuk

Transcription of a retelling of Dingkaakuuk paomin (the story of Dingkaakuuk), as narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen. When a man marries, his wife cannot stand his younger brother, so he takes him into the forest and leads her to believe he killed him. The younger brother kills a tiger and marries a young woman. He encounters his elder brother again, who kills his wife for making him abandon his brother.
Date: August 6, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library