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Lahu Tape 1

Lahu narratives, songs, poems, and Bible readings.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 7

Lahu narratives, jokes, and songs.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 11

Lahu music and narratives.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

God bless this meeting!

A blessing and sermon about future plans for the Lahu Christian community.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The smoker and the non-smoker dispute a pipe (Version I)

A humorous anecdote about a stolen pipe wherein both the non-smoker and the smoker are asked to fill the pipe to determine the rightful owner.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The smoker and the non-smoker dispute a pipe (Version II)

A humorous anecdote about a stolen pipe wherein both the non-smoker and the smoker are asked to fill the pipe to determine the rightful owner.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The tiger in the tobacco pouch

A humorous anecdote about asking a Shan man for tobacco.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Being a Grammar of Kaukborok (Also Known as Tripuri) on Etymological Principles with Special Attention to Influence from the Bengali Language (open access)

Being a Grammar of Kaukborok (Also Known as Tripuri) on Etymological Principles with Special Attention to Influence from the Bengali Language

Draft of the grammar of KokBorok with some placeholders. The grammar describes derivational and inflectional morphology and includes interlinear-glossed text examples.
Date: May 20, 1988
Creator: Jurafsky, Dan; Matisoff, James A. & Tripura, Prashanta
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on KokBorok grammar (open access)

Notes on KokBorok grammar

Handwritten notes from the 1978-88 Linguistic Field Methods course at University of California, Berkeley on KokBorok with the consultant Prashanta Tripura. There are word lists of verbs and common nouns and notes from elicitations of grammatical categories including TAM, gender, classifiers, particles, negation, subordinators, and adverbials. See table of contents for detailed listing.
Date: 1987/1988
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
KokBorok grammar drafts and notes (open access)

KokBorok grammar drafts and notes

Notes from the 1987-88 Linguistic Field Methods course at University of California, Berkeley on KokBorok with the consultant Prashanta Tripura. These are the handwritten and typed drafts of the KokBorok grammar with notes and questions from the authors to each other. See table of contents for detailed listing.
Date: 1988
Creator: Matisoff, James A.; Tripura, Prashanta & Jurafsky, Dan
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Remarks on the Lahu

A historical narrative describing the migration of the Lahu people from Yunnan, China to Burma, and later to Thailand.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu writing

A description of how the Lahu developed writing by looking at foreign scripts.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bible reading (Mark I: 1-17)

A reading of the Bible, Mark I: 1-17.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Candid conversation

A candid conversation with the Lahu.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Agriculture and livelihood

A discussion of agricultural practices amongst Lahu villagers. Some choose to plant their own small plots, but the elder encourages them to work together on larger plots. He reminds the villagers of an old saying that warns about rats and birds eating crops which aren't properly cultivated. They mention challenges like elephants trampling the crops, wild animals eating the crops, or the fields being burned by outsiders. They make plans to go hunting and scout different areas for planting in the new season.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Widow and the Pharisees, part 1

The Bible story of the widow and the Pharisees. Even though the widow has very little, she offers everything she has to the church. The moral is that everyone should contribute according to their means.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Widow and the Pharisees, part 2

The Bible story of the widow and the Pharisees. Even though the widow has very little, she offers everything she has to the church. The moral is that everyone should contribute according to their means.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional Lahu poetry

A recitation of Lahu poetry.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Explanation of poetic phrases

An explanation of poetic phrases used in Lahu poetry about trees and nature describing the movement of the stars, sun, and moon.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

How we came from Burma to Thailand

A historical narrative of the Lahu's migration from Burma to Thailand describing how they survived before settling in Thailand by fishing, foraging, and offerings of tea and rice from other Lahu and Chinese villages.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Gospel phonograph records

A recording of a phonograph playing gospel readings
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Building a house

A recording of a group of people building a house. They gather the materials, arrange to feed the builders, and discuss how many tiers the house should have. After thatching the roof, they raise the posts and secure the roof to the posts. Finally they build an awning, and the house is complete.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The blind man and the cripple

A traditional story about a blind man and a man with a broken leg who were healed by a fortune teller.
Date: March 9, 1965
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

How woman got her clitoris

A traditional story about how woman got her clitoris during the creation of humans.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library