Grammars of Four Chadic Languages

9514401 FRAJZYNGIER该项目的目的是完成喀麦隆和乍得最北部省份所说的几种未被描述的乍得语言的参考语法，其中一些语言正濒临灭绝。该项目的具体目标是：(1)MINA的语法和词典；(2)Gidar的语法和词典；(3)Lele的句法；和(4)东当拉的句法。这项研究也是理论性的，因为它将解决语序、动词编码、宾语合并和通过介词编码之间的相互关系，所有这些都是被研究的语言所运用的。将从乍得请来东当拉的一名母语为英语、受过一些语言培训的人参加该项目。查迪克语支是非亚语系中最大的一科，包括埃及语和闪米特语等研究得很好的语言。尼日利亚、喀麦隆北部、乍得和尼日尔都讲乍得语。这些语言中的许多也濒临灭绝。在一个正在经历快速城市化的地区，只有少数人说它们，豪萨语、阿拉伯语和富拉语是该地区的交通语言。选择用于描述的语言属于乍得语的中部和东部分支。它们在句法、词法和音系学方面有很大的不同。拟议的描述将填补我们对乍得语系知识的重要空白。

9514401 FRAJZYNGIER The aim of the project is to complete reference grammars of several undescribed Chadic languages spoken in the Extreme North province of Cameroon and in Chad, some of which are endangered with extinction. The specific goals of the project are: (1) A grammar and dictionary of Mina; (2) A grammar and dictionary of Gidar; (3) A syntax of Lele; and (4) A syntax of East Dangla. The study is also theoretical in that it will address the interrelationships between word order, coding on the verb, object incorporation, and coding through adpositions, all of which are deployed by languages under study. A native speaker of East Dangla, a person with some linguistic training, will be brought from Chad to participate in the project. The Chadic branch is the largest family within the Afroasiatic phylum, which includes such well studied languages as Egyptian and Semitic. Chadic languages are spoken in Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Many of these languages are also endangered. They are spoken by a small number of people in a region undergoing rapid urbanization with Hausa, Arabic, and Fula as vehicular languages of the area. The languages chosen for description belong to Central and Eastern branches of Chadic. They differ in very important respects in their syntax, morphology, and phonology. The proposed descriptions will fill important gaps in our knowledge of the Chadic language family.