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Discussions about documenting and archiving languages
Video of one group discussion during the break-out session at the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages. Participants broke up into two groups to discuss various issues that emerge during the process of documenting and archiving languages.
Speech on linguistic fieldwork
Video of the opening keynote session by James Mastioff on best practices for linguists when working with endangered languages during the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages.
Speeches on language resources for endangered languages
Video of the speakers in the morning session of the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages. The presenters detailed what language resources currently exist, their strengths and weaknesses, and what languages still require more documentation and archiving.
Analytical notes on Lamkang orthography
Handwritten notes illustrating minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl] by Daniel Tholung during his visit to UNT.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Elena Bashir standing behind a podium during her presentation. "Existing (and Potential) Language and Linguistic Resources on South Asian Languages" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Behind her, a screen is mounted on a brick wall, displaying a projection of her title slide listing the symposium name, presentation title, and her name and affiliation.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Alexis Palmer giving a presentation on "A View from CL/NLP" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. The photo is taken from behind several seated members of the audience; Palmer is standing behind a podium and projected slides are visible to her right, on a screen mounted to a brick wall.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Alexis Palmer speaking to attendees from behind a podium, near a brick wall. Members of the audience are visible, seated at rectangular tables arranged in a semi-circle facing the speaker and covered in green UNT tablecloths. This is during the presentation "A View from CL/NLP" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of David Germano speaking from behind a podium with an open laptop; behind him there is a brick wall with a mounted screen at the left displaying a projected presentation slide showing multiple red images. This is part of his presentation "Illuminating the Dark Archives: Scalable Academic Service(s) for Complexity, Collaboration, & Community in the Digital Era" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Gary F. Simons standing behind a podium and holding a sheaf of papers while preparing for his presentation. A portion of one of his slides is visible on a projector screen to his left, against a brick wall. This is during the presentation "Developing infrastructure for interoperating digital language archives" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of attendees listening to Christina Wasson lead a project discussion during the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Wasson is standing behind a podium in the far left side of the image. The audience is seated in rows of chairs and around three rectangular tables which are all arranged in in a semi-circle facing the speaker; the tables are covered in green tablecloths with the UNT Department of Linguistics logo on them.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Christina Wasson standing behind a podium (at left) while leading a project discussion during the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Three rectangular tables covered in green UNT tablecloths are arranged in a semi-circle facing the front of the room; audience members are seated around the table and in additional rows of chairs behind them. The entrance to the UNT Press office is visible in the background through a glass wall at the side of the room.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Elena Bashir looking at a sheaf of papers while standing behind a podium during her presentation "Existing (and Potential) Language and Linguistic Resources on South Asian Languages" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. The title slide for her presentation is projected on a screen to her right, against a brick wall. The photo was taken from behind a table where an audience member is seated and reading a paper (at right); a laptop screen and various other items are also visible on the table.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Shobhana Chelliah standing behind a podium at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages and smiling broadly. A part of a projection screen and partial slide are visible behind her on the left, against a brick wall.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Sadaf Munshi standing behind a podium with her palms held up, during her presentation "Ethics in Data Sharing" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. A presentation slide titled "Ethics in data sharing" is projected on a screen in the center of the image, against a brick wall. An audience member is partially visible in the far left part of the image.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Christina Wasson standing behind a podium during her presentation "User-Centered Design" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Behind her, there is a brick wall and a screen mounted on the left side of the image displaying the title slide of the presentation.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Christina Wasson speaking to attendees from behind a podium. Members of the audience are visible, seated at rectangular tables arranged in a semi-circle facing the speaker and covered in green UNT tablecloths. This is during the presentation "User-Centered Design" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Photograph of a CoRSAL presentation
Photograph of Shobhana Chelliah standing behind a podium and gesturing with both hands held out toward her left, while at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Behind her, the final slide of a presentation with the title "Ethics in data sharing: major questions" is projected on a screen against a brick wall. The slide includes contact information for Sadaf Munshi and links to the Burushaski Language Resource and Kashmir Oral History.
Speech about current initiatives regarding South Asia at UNT
Video recording of remarks at the start of the afternoon session of the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Pia Wood, UNT Vice Provost and Dean of International Affairs welcomes attendees and discusses current initiatives regarding South Asia at the University of North Texas
Speech about data structures needed for computational linguistics and NLP
Video recording of a presentation providing an overview of the data structures needed for computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on archive and database architecture and usability
Video recording of a presentation discussing language documentation and description as part of a panel discussion on archive and database usability. This was presented during the afternoon session on "Archive and database usability" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America
Video recording of a presentation discussing the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin American project. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on CoRSAL and its motivations
Video recording of a presentation providing an introduction to the Computational Resources on South Asian Languages project, and the guiding motivations behind the research project. This presentation part of the opening afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on CoRSAL contributions
Video recording of a presentation summarizing the individual project team members' contributions and how this CoRSAL project fits into the broader field of linguistics. This was part of the opening afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on data management plans for linguistics
Video recording of a presentation discussing an example of a data management plan for a linguistics archiving project. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on developing infrastructure for interoperating digital language archives
Video recording of the second keynote session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. In this session, the presenter Gary F. Simons explores strategies of concerns and automation of services in developing an infrastructure for interoperation.
Speech on digital publishing of Tibetan literature and language documentation
Video recording of a presentation providing a short history of digital publishing of Tibetan literature and language documentation. The video also includes off-screen discussion among conference attendees. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on ethics in data management and sharing
Video recording of Sadaf Munshi giving a presentation on the ethics involved in data management and data sharing. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on existing (and potential) language and linguistic resources on South Asian languages
Video recording of a presentation discussing existing resources and further questions to be asked, with a particular emphasis on Pakistani languages. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on harmonized annotation and data
Video recording of a panel session discussing questions regarding harmonized annotation and data. This presentation was part of an afternoon session on "Data formats, harmonized annotation" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on language archiving needs and issues
Video recording of a presentation discussing language archiving needs and issues from the perspective of the Lamkang community. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on legal and privacy implications for language archives
Video recording of a discussion in which attendees legal and privacy implications for language archives. This was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on scalable academic service(s) for complexity, collaboration, & community in the digital era
Video recording of the first keynote session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. In this session, the presenter explores how new digitally enabled approaches to service offer new possibilities in research and publication.
Speech on Tibetan linguistic area and archiving practices
Video recording of a presentation describing previous research in the Tibetan linguistic area, future research areas, and issues to be considered in archiving practices. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Speech on web applications and data ingestion
Video recording of a presentation discussing web applications and set up for data ingestion. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Transcription: Elicitation of directional nouns
Transcription of an elicitation session of how space is encoded in Lamkang. The sentences were based on those in an LTBA (Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area) article on Qiang languages that was under review at the time of elicitation.
Elicitation of words and names for gemination
Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with the '=a' enclitic from Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. After the word list, Sumshot reads a list of personal names with the enclitic '=u' on them. In this version, target words and names do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Elicitation of words for gemination
Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. In this version, target words do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi
Transcription of Thei chik tboor tun ki suu txhat nah (Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree) as told by Shekarnong Sankhil. A young man, abandoned by his elder brother at the behest of his wife, befriends a young woman. He gifts his prospective parents-in-law with precious items he took from the tiger he killed. The young woman proves herself fit to be his wife by being the only person not to slip on a mat spread out at harvest time.
Transcription: Elicitation of paradigm of 'give'
Transcription of an elicitation session of the paradigm for the verb 'give'.
Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak
Transcription of a blessing ritual called "Smul kpnaak" as performed by Sumshot Khular. This blessing is used by Lamkang elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. It can be performed for getting a blessing for good health, wealth, children, long life and any other blessings.
Transcription: Retelling of Frog Where Are You?
Transcription of the story of Uitxok tva' thah ptih? (Frog, Where Are You?) as narrated by Sumshot Khular. She translated it from Lamkang to English.
Elicitation of possession
Sumshot Khular provides nouns with possessive prefixes. This list was used to measure the length of the reduced prefix syllable in different phonetic contexts.
Analytical discussion of the The Frog and the Tiger
Recording of Sumshot Khular reading and translating the story of The Frog and the Tiger with Tyler Utt.
Analytical discussion of a traditional narrative of Bunghon Suungnem
Recording of Bunghon Suungnem translating a traditional narrative from Lamkang. Shekarnong Sankhil translating into English from the voice recording.
Analytical discussion of Retelling of The Hat Vendor and the Monkey Troop
Recording of a discussion about narrative about a vendor who sells hats in the village. English translation is given for each line.
Analytical discussion about Arthluuk le' Raangchel
Sumshot Khular discusses and translates traditional narratives of Arthluuk le' Raangchel story. In discussion are Jane Lorenzen and Tyler P. Utt.
Transcription: Elicited causative constructions
Transcription of an elicitation of causative constructions in Lamkang. Recorded from Sumshot Khular as part of a 2017 field methods course at UNT.
Performance of Vau Sen
Sumshot Khular singing Vau Sen, a song about nature, with introduction in Lamkang. Composed by Tony Khular in praise of the beauty of the Lamkang land with its beautiful creation. Calling the youths to stand up and save the environment and land.
Elicitation of compound words
Tyler Utt elicits compound words in Lamkang from Sumshot Khular, in the Linguistics conference room, College of Information, UNT.
Elicitation of minimal pairs in frames with Sumshot Khular
Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with frames with Sumshot Khular at the recording booth at UNT.
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