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A parallel corpus of Pear Film retellings from 9 speakers, across 3 u̱t‑Maꞌin varieties.

One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.

One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.

A personal narrative about traveling from the language area to the state capital.

The sad saga of a woman tormented by demons.

A cautionary tale of suspicion that leads to gossip and ends with forgiveness and shame.

What you sow is what you reap is the story of a woman whose behavior is blamed for her suffering in childbirth. It was told by Sunday John in a recording made in February 2013 in Tungan Magajiya, Niger State. It was transcribed in the orthography and …

One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.

I explore evidence for semantic cohesion and semantic assignment criteria to U̱t‑Maꞌin noun class pairings, the distribution of loanwords semantic regularities, and the distribution of verbal nouns throughout the noun classes.