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Game design for visually-impaired individuals: Creativity and innovation theories and sensory substitution devices influence on virtual and physical navigation skills
This article examines the design elements of three virtual reality games for functionality and transferability to orientation and mobility education for visually impaired individuals.
Analytical discussion of narrative 356a
Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Analytical discussion of narrative 356b
Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Analytical discussion of narrative 356e
Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. Donnu Sankhil, Swamy Tholung Ksen, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Sumshot Khular discussing the Lamkang verbs with Shobhana Chelliah and David A. Peterson.
Analytical discussion of narrative 359b
Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Analytical discussion of positionals
Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Analytical discussion of verb paradigms
Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Conversation about Ahom migration
This is a conversation about the coming of Ahoms in Assam and fights with Boro rulers. Dialect: Standard Boro
Conversation about Boro naming systems
Conversation on the origin of Boro nomenclature. Dialect: Standard Boro
Conversation about the fight between Boro rulers and Ahom rulers
This is a conversation on the fight between Boro rulers and Ahom rulers. Dialect: Standard Boro
Conversation about the kingdom of Boro rulers
This is a conversation about the Boro rulers and their kingdom of the past. Dialect: Standard Boro
Conversation about the past Boro kings
This is a conversation about the Boro rulers, namely, Naranarayan and Chilarai. Dialect: Standard Boro
Conversation about the relation between the Boros and the Bhutanese
This is a conversation about the historical relationships between the Boro rulers and the Bhutanese rulers. Dialect: Standard Boro
Description about Boro MTB-MLE and community efforts
This is a talk on MTB-MLE and efforts by the Boro community.
Description about traditional Boro food
Recording of Baladev Moshahary discussing traditional Boro food.
Description of Boro festivals
Recording of Baladev Moshahary describing festivals celebrated by the Boros.
Description of Boro marriage system
Recording of Baladev Moshahary giving an account of the marriage system in the Boro community.
Description of the work of Bathou Educational Foundation
This is a talk about the educational initiatives of the Bathou Educational Foundation.
Description of traditional foods
Recording of Baladev Moshahary describing some traditional foods of the Boros.
Personal narrative about CIT Kokrajhar
Recording of Pinksta Islary discussing an experience at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.
Personal narrative about CIT Kokrajhar
Recording of Jugami Basumatary discussing the hostels at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.
Personal narrative about CIT Kokrajhar
Recording of Ignicious Basumatary discussing the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.
Personal narrative about future plans
Recording of Baladev Moshahary discussing future plans.
Personal narrative about hobbies
This is a recording of Pinksta Islary describing a personal hobby.
Personal narrative about hobbies
Recording of Ignicious Basumatary discussing hobbies.
Personal narrative about hobbies
Recording of Bakhna Basumatary discussing his hobbies.
Personal narrative about hobbies
Recording of Bilian Boro introducing themselves and describing interests.
Personal narrative of Baladev Moshahary
Recording of a personal narrative by Baladev Moshahary.
Personal narrative of Jikuraj Brahma
This is a recording of Jikuraj Brahma discussing personal information.
Personal narrative of Jugami Basumatary
Recording of a personal narrative by Jugami Basumatary.
Personal narrative of Kanish Brahma
Recording of a personal narrative by Kanish Brahma.
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.
Analytical discussion about question formation
A discussion with Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar on how questions are formed in Lamkang.
Analytical discussion of control constructions, complex constructions part 1 in Lamkang
A recording of discussion of sentences demonstrating which verbs take complement clauses that have either a co-referential object or subject with the main clause. The purpose for the elicitation was to see if the co-referential NP is overt or unexpressed and to see what other morphology shows up in the complement clause.
Conversation in Lamkang between Shetkarnong Sankhil and Tholung Daniel
A conversation between Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. This was a staged conversation for the sake of an undergraduate Phonetics and Phonology class at the University of North Texas. We recorded the conversation and then immediately used to demonstrate annotation with PRAAT acoustic software.
Shobhana Chelliah fieldnotes NTBK12
Handwritten notes including discussion with David Peterson comparing Lamkang with Khumi and review of words from word lists collected by Harimohon Thaonaojam with Beshot Khullar.
Discovering Tibeto-Burman Linguistic History Through Pre 20th Century Meithei Manuscripts
This is a conference handout titled 'Discovering Tibeto-Burman Linguistic History Through Pre 20th Century Meithei Manuscripts' containing a brief introduction, 4 tables, and references. The handout discusses 7 features of Manipuri manuscripts: number and genre, script, dating, authorship, housing and ownership, paper and condition, and status in the culture. This handout was used at the Ninth Seminar for the International Association for Tibetan Studies in a panel on Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages and Tibeto-Burman Reconstruction in Leiden, The Netherlands, on June 26th, 2000.
Resource and Resource Sharing in Intelligent Information Access
This presentation discusses an exploratory study on resources and resource sharing among researchers in Intelligent Information Access (IIA). The investigation consists of two stages. In Stage One, the authors conducted a content analysis to identify resources used in 145 research papers and reports in two subfields of IIA; and in Stage Two, the authors carried out an online survey of IIA researchers to understand resource-sharing channels and the researchers' perspectives on resource sharing.
Conversation in a family home
Recording of informal conversation in a family home.
Conversation in a family home
Recording of informal conversation in a family home.
Conversation with a child
Recording of a conversation with an unknown child.
Letter to a family member
Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling, updating them on the children at home.
Letter to a family member
Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Letter to a family member
Recording of a personal letter to catch up with a family member who is traveling.
Performance of zaikhawm hla
Recording of the Mizos of Tezpur singing in Tezpur, Assam. These songs are in the zaikhawm hla style, which is a group singing style. zai means "to sing", khawm means "together," hla means "song". This type of music is often sung after a big meal or event, such as funerals or Christmas celebrations. People often get up and dance during these performances.
Spinning threads from silkworm cocoons
Joya Medok Doley demonstrates the process of extracting silk threads from a silkworm cocoon bundle called takuri kénam. The silkworms are fed green leaves and kept in a dark room to mature. Once they have formed cocoons, the cocoons are grouped and rolled in a bamboo roller called takpín. From the takpín, silk threads are extracted into a second roller which is thinner, called poːpi.
Library Computing Services in Rural Texas during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Article analyzing the 2020 Texas Public Library Statistics and a portion of the 2019 and 2018 data. It examined various services from libraries located in the areas with a population of less than 5,000. This is the Accepted Manuscript version of a published article.
Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (1)
Recording of an elicitation of various nouns in Mankiyali, covering semantic domains such as professions, weather and food. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Bringing the World to the Classroom through Videoconferencing and Project-based Learning
Article describes a case study of a Texas-based school that implemented global projects to connect their students with many states and countries as a platform for integrating collaboration and communication skills, technology tools, and cultural diversity into an existing curriculum.
Elicitation of verb paradigms
This is an elicitation of Mankiyali verb paradigms based on English sentences used as prompts. The speakers are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male).
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