Dissertation Research: Language and Ideology and Local Identity in Guatemala

论文研究：危地马拉的语言和意识形态以及当地身份

• 批准号: 9708138
• 负责人: George Collier
• 金额: $ 0.57万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-07-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9708138&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Language; Ideology; Local

This project involves the dissertation research of an anthropology student from Stanford University. The project explores the relationship between language and identity in Guatemala, focusing on the tension between the model of pan-Mayan identity supported by urban intellectuals versus the model of local-language-group Mayan identity supported by most rural dwellers. The student will do a community study in a highland town whose residents claim to be Tzutujil Maya even though they speak Kiche, a different but related Maya language. The student will census the households of the town; conduct participant observation in school programs and language workshops focusing on Mayan language as well as in normal social settings like the marketplace; conduct focused interviews on people's beliefs about language; and conduct some sorting tasks from cognitive anthropology to elucidate the local model of language groupings. After this intensive study in one community the student will conduct briefer comparative research in 10 communities speaking 6 different Mayan languages. This research is important because it will advance our understanding of how local `folk` use scientific discourse, in the context of historical arguments as well as contemporary social behavior, to further their nationalist goals. This case study will provide valuable information to advance theories of language nationalism in other parts of the world. In addition the project will add to our expertise about this important region of the hemisphere.

该项目涉及斯坦福大学人类学学生的论文研究。 该项目探讨了危地马拉的语言与身份之间的关系，重点关注城市知识分子支持的泛玛雅身份模式与大多数农村居民支持的当地语言群体玛雅身份模式之间的紧张关系。 学生将在一个高地小镇进行社区研究，该小镇的居民声称自己是祖图吉尔玛雅人，尽管他们讲基切语（一种不同但相关的玛雅语言）。 学生将对镇上的家庭进行人口普查；在以玛雅语言为重点的学校课程和语言研讨会以及市场等正常社会环境中进行参与者观察；对人们对语言的看法进行重点访谈；并进行一些认知人类学的排序任务，以阐明语言分组的本地模型。在一个社区进行深入研究后，学生将在 10 个讲 6 种不同玛雅语言的社区进行简短的比较研究。 这项研究很重要，因为它将增进我们对当地“民间”如何在历史争论和当代社会行为的背景下使用科学话语来进一步理解他们的民族主义目标。 本案例研究将为推进世界其他地区的语言民族主义理论提供有价值的信息。 此外，该项目还将增加我们对这一半球重要地区的专业知识。