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
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
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: 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: Retelling of Frog Where Are You? (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Frog Where Are You?

Transcription of the story of Uitxok tva' thah ptih? (Frog, Where Are You?) as narrated by Sumshot Khular. She translated it from Lamkang to English.
Date: August 19, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
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

Analytical discussion of a traditional narrative of Bunghon Suungnem

Recording of Bunghon Suungnem translating a traditional narrative from Lamkang. Shekarnong Sankhil translating into English from the voice recording.
Date: March 13, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about Arthluuk le' Raangchel

Sumshot Khular discusses and translates traditional narratives of Arthluuk le' Raangchel story. In discussion are Jane Lorenzen and Tyler P. Utt.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of the The Frog and the Tiger

Recording of Sumshot Khular reading and translating the story of The Frog and the Tiger with Tyler Utt.
Date: March 15, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for gemination

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. In this version, target words do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words and names for gemination

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with the '=a' enclitic from Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. After the word list, Sumshot reads a list of personal names with the enclitic '=u' on them. In this version, target words and names do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of possession transcript

Elicitation of possession

Sumshot Khular provides nouns with possessive prefixes. This list was used to measure the length of the reduced prefix syllable in different phonetic contexts.
Date: May 18, 2017
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of Retelling of The Hat Vendor and the Monkey Troop transcript

Analytical discussion of Retelling of The Hat Vendor and the Monkey Troop

Recording of a discussion about narrative about a vendor who sells hats in the village. English translation is given for each line.
Date: March 12, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on developing infrastructure for interoperating digital language archives captions transcript

Speech on developing infrastructure for interoperating digital language archives

Video recording of the second keynote session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. In this session, the presenter Gary F. Simons explores strategies of concerns and automation of services in developing an infrastructure for interoperation.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Simons, Gary F. & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
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 data management plans for linguistics captions transcript

Speech on data management plans for linguistics

Video recording of a presentation discussing an example of a data management plan for a linguistics archiving 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: de Reuse, Willem
Object Type: Video
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 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
Speech on archive and database architecture and usability captions transcript

Speech on archive and database architecture and usability

Video recording of a presentation discussing language documentation and description as part of a panel discussion on archive and database usability. This was presented during the afternoon session on "Archive and database usability" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Willis Oko, Christina
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
Speech about user-centered design for language archives captions transcript

Speech about user-centered design for language archives

Video recording of a presentation discussing user-centered design for language archives. This was presented during the afternoon session on "Archive and database usability" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Willis Oko, Christina
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 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