Window onto a Vanished World: Lahu texts from Thailand in the 1960’s

Matisoff, James A.

doi:10.12794/sps.lahu-061-8

Window onto a Vanished World: Lahu texts from Thailand in the 1960’s

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Description

This extremely valuable collection of texts in the Lahu language represents the language and culture in the 1960’s, a time when the heritage language and culture were still vibrant and not yet globalized, hence the title Window on a Vanished World. It is also one of the largest collections of texts in any Tibeto-Burman language. The texts are available as a book and online with the audio (originally from 1960’s magnetic tape). This is a massive achievement for all involved in the recording, conversion, and editing.

Physical Description

xxxii, 1219 p.

Creation Information

Matisoff, James A.; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Lowe, John B. & Zhang, Charles 2022.

Context

This book is part of the collection entitled: Computational Resource on South Asian Languages and was provided by the UNT Libraries to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 516 times, with 5 in the last month. More information about this book can be viewed below.

Author

Matisoff, James A.

Editors

Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi Series editor
Lowe, John B. Volume editor
Zhang, Charles Volume editor

Publisher

University of North Texas Libraries
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Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

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Titles

Main Title: Window onto a Vanished World: Lahu texts from Thailand in the 1960’s
Series Title: CoRSAL Occasional Publications

Description

This extremely valuable collection of texts in the Lahu language represents the language and culture in the 1960’s, a time when the heritage language and culture were still vibrant and not yet globalized, hence the title Window on a Vanished World. It is also one of the largest collections of texts in any Tibeto-Burman language. The texts are available as a book and online with the audio (originally from 1960’s magnetic tape). This is a massive achievement for all involved in the recording, conversion, and editing.

Physical Description

xxxii, 1219 p.

Notes

Requests for permission should be directed to James A. Matisoff matisoff@berkeley.edu

University of North Texas Libraries, Aquiline Books.

Subjects

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Languages

English
Lahu

Item Type

Book

Identifier

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Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.12794/sps.lahu-061-8
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1934031

Relationships

Collections

This book is part of the following collections of related materials.

Computational Resource on South Asian Languages

The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.

Aquiline Books

Aquiline Books (formerly Eagle Editions) is an imprint of the UNT Libraries designed for works of scholarship, both new and reissued, from the UNT community. All publications from Aquiline Books are freely available to read online in this collection.

UNT Libraries Publications

This collection features material published by the University of North Texas Libraries.

James A. Matisoff Collection

This is a collection of material collected by Dr. James A. Matisoff throughout his career, including material from Field Methods courses at The University of California at Berkeley and fieldwork with the Lahu people of northern Thailand (ISO 639-3 lhu).