Round Table on Africanisms in Afro-American Language Varieties to be held in Athens, at the University of GeorgiaOctober 29-31, 1987

关于非裔美国语言变种中的非洲主义的圆桌会议将于 1987 年 10 月 29 日至 31 日在雅典佐治亚大学举行

• 批准号: 8709868
• 负责人: Salikoko Mufwene
• 金额: $ 2.22万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-10-15 至 1989-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8709868&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Round; Table; Africanisms; Afro; American

This grant is for a conference on the foundations of Afro- American speech varieties (Black English, Gullah, and various Caribbean creole languages). A basic controversy in the field is the role, if any, of African substrate influence. Issues to be addressed by a distinguished gathering of creolists, Africanists, dialectologists, and other experts include: 1) How should the concept of "African substratum" be understood with respect to Afro-American speech varieties in light of recent developments in the field? 2) What are the conditions under which substrate influence is likely to occur? 3) What correlation is there between linguistic and cultural Africanisms? 4) What other problems are involved in demonstrating African substrate influence? Mufwene is a leading scholar of African languages, pidgin and creole studies, and linguistics, and the two dozen participants who have agreed to participate represent every point of view taken on the issue. The topic under discussion is not only of concern to scholars but also to people of African descent in North America and the Caribbean, since it deals directly with the extent and type of survival of African language and culture through the experience of dislocation and enslavement.

这笔赠款是为一个关于非裔美国人语言变体(黑人英语、古拉语和各种加勒比海克里奥尔语)基础的会议提供的。该领域的一个基本争议是非洲底物影响的作用(如果有的话)。由克利奥尔派、非洲派、方言学家、其他专家包括：1)根据该领域的最新发展，应该如何理解非裔美国人言语变体的概念？2)在什么情况下可能发生底物影响？3)语言和文化非洲主义之间有什么关联？4)还有什么其他的在展示非洲底物的影响时涉及到哪些问题？Mufwene是非洲语言、洋泾浜和克里奥尔语研究以及语言学的领先学者，同意参加的20多名参与者代表了对这一问题所持的每一种观点。正在讨论的专题不仅引起学者的关注，而且也引起北美和加勒比的非洲人后裔的关注，因为它直接涉及非洲语言和文化通过错位和奴役的经历而得以生存的程度和类型。