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Conversation about grass cutting

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male) about the cutting of grass. The speaker talks about a man who was trying to show his efficiency while cutting the grass and the speaker taught him a lesson.
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about grass cutting

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male) about the cutting of grass. The speaker talks about a man who was trying to show his efficiency while cutting the grass and the speaker taught him a lesson.
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Historical narrative about a war

Description: Recording of a historical narrative. The speaker/narrator Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male farmer) talks to Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male farmer) about a war that the nawab (ruler) of the former state of Amb, Nawab Farid Khan, waged on the neighboring state of Seeri because, apparently, its ruler had ousted one of his court nobles who happened to be a relative of the former. The narrator recounts the memories of his father who was an eye witness to the havoc that the forces of Nawab Farid u… more
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Historical narrative about a war

Description: Recording of a historical narrative. The speaker/narrator Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male farmer) talks to Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male farmer) about a war that the nawab (ruler) of the former state of Amb, Nawab Farid Khan, waged on the neighboring state of Seeri because, apparently, its ruler had ousted one of his court nobles who happened to be a relative of the former. The narrator recounts the memories of his father who was an eye witness to the havoc that the forces of Nawab Farid u… more
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue about a master and his helper

Description: This is a monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a master and his domestic help. The master asks his helper to bring a sharpening tool and the helper brings sand instead. He could not differentiate between the two words because they were homophonous. The other native speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue about a master and his helper

Description: This is a monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a master and his domestic help. The master asks his helper to bring a sharpening tool and the helper brings sand instead. He could not differentiate between the two words because they were homophonous. The other native speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about a scam

Description: This is a narrative by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a scam. Once someone called a friend of Muhammad Aslam and told him that he had received a prize. The gentleman (the speaker's friend) was very happy. The caller at the other end asked him to top up credit on his mobile phone, and he did so. After losing some money he understood that it was a scam. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 5 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about a scam

Description: This is a narrative by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a scam. Once someone called a friend of Muhammad Aslam and told him that he had received a prize. The gentleman (the speaker's friend) was very happy. The caller at the other end asked him to top up credit on his mobile phone, and he did so. After losing some money he understood that it was a scam. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Abdul Rehman

Description: In this personal narrative, Abdul Rehman recollects his encounter with a lady while he was on a journey to another village with a friend. This lady greatly surprises both friends as she unexpectedly turns out to be a Mankiyali speaker living in a place outside the geographical domain of the Mankiyali linguistic community.
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Abdul Rehman

Description: In this personal narrative, Abdul Rehman recollects his encounter with a lady while he was on a journey to another village with a friend. This lady greatly surprised both friends as she unexpectedly turns out to be a Mankiyali speaker living in a place outside the geographical domain of the Mankiyali linguistic community.
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of half headache

Description: This is a religious legend about the spread of a certain disease (referred to as "half headache" because the pain affects one side of the head) in a certain village. In this legend, Prophet Moses put the "half headache" in pots and said that he would burn it. A villager asks him not to burn her and says that she will not return if he repeated the story seven times. The legend is narrated by Abdul Rehman (a 80 year old male) and the other speaker is Imtiaz Ahmad (a 31-year old male).
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of half headache

Description: This is a religious legend about the spread of a certain disease (referred to as "half headache" because the pain affects one side of the head) in a certain village. In this legend, Prophet Moses put the "half headache" in pots and said that he would burn it. A villager asks him not to burn her and says that she will not return if he repeated the story seven times. The legend is narrated by Abdul Rehman (a 80 year old male) and the other speaker is Imtiaz Ahmad (a 31-year old male).
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of the thirsty crow

Description: This is a retelling of the story of the thirsty crow by Akbar Khan (a 46-year old male teacher). Once upon a time, a crow was very thirsty. He flew in search of water and saw a pitcher. He sat on the pitcher to drink water, but the surface of the water was low and he could not reach it. He then gathered some small pebbles and put them in the pitcher one by one. The water level raised. He drank water and flew away. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 40-year old… more
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of the thirsty crow

Description: This is a retelling of the story of the thirsty crow by Akbar Khan (a 46-year old male teacher). Once upon a time, a crow was very thirsty. He flew in search of water and saw a pitcher. He sat on the pitcher to drink water, but the surface of the water was low and he could not reach it. He then gathered some small pebbles and put them in the pitcher one by one. The water level raised. He drank water and flew away. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 40-year old… more
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[Remarks by Commissioner Jovita Carranza]

Description: Statement by by Jovita Carranza, a member of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, announcing that the U.S. Mint will be issuing a 2020 Women's Suffrage Centennial Silver Dollar and Silver Medal in honor of the anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Carranza, Jovita
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structure and inference in Japanese right dislocation

Description: Article exploring the syntactic nature of Japanese Right Dislocation Constructions (RDCs) by illuminating the ellipsis sites in the postverbal domains of the constructions via pragmatic inference. Although the most prevailing bi-clausal analysis of RDCs adopts the perspective that the repetition of the antecedent clause occurs in collocation, this paper shows that the same surface strings are potentially ambiguous since right dislocation is a heterogeneous phenomenon. It proposes additional typ… more
Date: September 18, 2020
Creator: Furuya, Kaori
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

[COVID-19 conspiracy signage at Flat Earth house]

Description: Photograph of a house with yard signs reading "COVID SCAM" and "Refuse the mask!" along with an inflatable poop emoji wearing a disposable face mask. The house and the truck in the driveway are painted with slogans supporting flat earth conspiracy theories.
Date: September 18, 2020
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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