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Dataset for a retelling of the Pear Story

Description: Dataset generated for the retelling of the Pear Story by Daniel Tholung. The dataset includes a transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files including metadata to be used with SILs SayMore
Date: 2010
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
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Conversation in Lamkang between Shetkarnong Sankhil and Tholung Daniel

Description: 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.
Date: October 23, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Reading of a blessing ritual Smul Kpnaak

Description: This blessing, called Smul Kpnaak, is used by elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. This ritual blessing is to be used by an older person addressing younger people- Sumshot Khular shares the beautiful words here which translated mean: This is the feather for your good health, your long life, your well-being. May you be blessed with many daughters, with many sons, with many crops, with livestock, with wealth and riches. ‎‎May you be blessed with knowledge and understan… more
Date: 2015
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Analytical discussion of control constructions, complex constructions part 1 in Lamkang

Description: 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.
Date: March 23, 2016
Duration: 36 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Analytical discussion of control constructions, part 2 in Lamkang

Description: A recording of discussion of sentences demonstrating verbs which 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.
Date: March 25, 2016
Duration: 36 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Elicitation of transitive optatives

Description: Recording of Tyler Utt eliciting conjugation of verbs of wanting (optatives) from Sumshot Khular. These are transitive examples. Recorded at Linguistics conference room, College of Information.
Date: April 8, 2016
Duration: 18 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
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Analytical discussion of causative constructions

Description: Lamkang causative constructions discussed by Shobhana Chelliah and Sumshot Khular. From this recording one can learn about noun marking in causative constructions as well as the type of verb that takes the causative and the position of directional prefixes in causative constructions.
Date: April 11, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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