Chinantec Lexicography

WPC, 2 B L Z NLQ 10cpi #| x x 6 x @ ibmproprinter IBMPROPR。PRS x @ kX @ 2。* * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Palantla Chinantec是墨西哥瓦哈卡州（Oaxaca） 1万多居民（主要是农村农民）使用的一种奥托曼语。该项目的主要研究目标是完成一个交叉索引的汉语西班牙语英语词汇数据库的开发，并从中产生(a)一本双语的汉语西班牙语西班牙语汉语词典，供Palantla汉语语言使用者和学术界使用，以及(b)专门为学术界设计的三语汉语西班牙语英语电子版本。已完成的词典三语版将提供给各大学正在开发的语文数据库分发系统。PI现在使用的临时标记约定将在准备就绪时符合文本编码倡议组织目前设计的词法标记的标准准则。从学术的角度来看，这项研究应该为一种重要的美洲原住民语言提供一个完整而全面的记录。相当数量的语言和文化文献已经收集起来，但词汇信息仍然很少。重要的是，一些现存的中文语言在这些语言是可行的并且有经验的学者可以协助编写文件的情况下得到这样的文件。从人道主义的角度来看，学术界有义务以有利于他们在追求学术目标时所依赖的人类主体的方式分享其资源。向像Palantla Chinantec这样的边缘群体提供一份像双语词典一样有价值的文件，本身就是做这项工作的充分动机。

WPC, 2 B L Z NLQ 10cpi #| x x 6 X @ ı{ X @ IBM Proprinter IBMPROPR.PRS x @ kX @ 2 . V H Z #| x NLQ 10cpi ? x x x x 6 X @ ı{ X @ IBM Proprinter IBMPROPR.PRS x @ kX @ 2 * F \ * 9321193 MERRIFIELD & ABSTRACT Palantla Chinantec is an Otomanguean language spoken by over 10,000 residents, primarily rural farmers, of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The primary research objective of this project is to complete the development of a cross indexed Chinantec Spanish English lexical database and to produce from it (a) a published bilingual Chinantec Spanish Spanish Chinantec dictionary, for use by both the Palantla Chinantec speaking and academic communities, and (b) a trilingual, Chinantec Spanish English electronic version specifically designed for the academic community. The completed trilingual version of the lexicon will be made available to language database distribution systems such as are being developed at various Universities. The provisional markup conventions now being used by the PI will be made to conform to standard guidelines for lexical markup currently being designed by the Text Encoding Initiative when they are ready. From the point of view of scholarship, this research should be done to provide a complete and well rounded recorded record of an important Native American language. A considerable quantity of documentation of the language and culture has been assembled, but lexical information remains scanty. It is important that several of the extant Chinantec languages receive such documentation while the languages are viable and experienced scholars are available to assist in documentation . From a humanitarian point of view, the scholarly community has an obligation to share its resources in ways that benefit the human subjects they depend upon in the pursuit of the academic objectives. The provision of a document as valuable as a bilingual dictionary to a marginalized community such as the Palantla Chinantec, is in its own right ample motivation to do this work.