Mapping Ethnolinguistic Identity and Conflict in a Post-Colonial, Post-Cold War World

Presentation from the 2019 meeting on "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment & Political Instability." This presentation examines ethnolinguistic identity.
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Dubinsky, Stanley
System: The UNT Digital Library

Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability

Presentation from the 2019 meeting on "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment & Political Instability." This presentation provides an introduction to the topic and discusses the purpose, history, and goals of language documentation.
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preparing Linguists’ Field Recordings and Datasets for Ingest into a Digital Library System: Lessons from Creating the Lamkang Language Resource at the University of North Texas Digital Library

Presentation on the long term preservation of and universal access to language data which may tap into typologically rare phenomena and which represents the intangible and irreplaceable heritage of indigenous communities. This language data can be in the form of audio, video, picture, and various digital formats. In order to prepare the source files of a documentation project for ingest to a digital library, linguists and digital librarians must develop a common procedure that takes into consideration (1) provenance and varying formats of materials and (2) necessary metadata specific to linguistic datasets.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives

Presentation based on the preliminary results of research into information organization in language archives. This looks at the background of language data and archives, their research questions, archives that were analyzed, their findings, and next steps.
Date: October 21, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
System: The UNT Digital Library