Tolowa Dictionary and Reference Grammar

托洛瓦词典和参考语法

• 批准号: 9409129
• 负责人: Tom Givon
• 金额: $ 19万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-02-01 至 1997-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9409129&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tolowa; Dictionary; Reference; Grammar

9409129 This project is undertaken in conjunction with the linguistic and cultural preservation effort of two Native American tribes -- the Smith River Rancheria of Northern California (Tolowa), and the Siletz of Western Oregon (Tututni). The language of these two kin tribes is on the verge of extinction. We will provide the first systematic description of the Tolowa-Tututni language, including dictionary, reference grammar and story collection. As part of the project, we will provide graduate linguistics training to one tribal member from the Smith River Rancheria (Tolowa). This training will enable him to serve both reservations in their language and culture preservation and education programs. A reliable lexical and grammatical description of Tolowa will be very useful to comparative Athabaskan linguists and ethnographers. It will also be useful for our general understanding of the balance between natural/internal linguistic change ('drift') and contact induced change.

9409129该项目是与两个美洲土著部落--加利福尼亚州北部的史密斯河牧场部落(托洛瓦)和俄勒冈州西部的西莱茨部落(图图特尼)--的语言和文化保护工作一起进行的。这两个亲属部落的语言濒临灭绝。我们将提供托洛瓦-图图特尼语言的第一个系统描述，包括词典、参考语法和故事集。作为该项目的一部分，我们将为来自史密斯河牧场(Tolowa)的一名部落成员提供研究生语言学培训。这一培训将使他能够在他们的语言和文化保护和教育计划中为保留地服务。对Tolowa进行可靠的词汇和语法描述将对比较阿萨巴斯语的语言学家和民族志学者非常有用。这也将有助于我们对自然/内部语言变化(‘漂移’)和接触引起的变化之间的平衡的总体理解。