Haida Syntax, Vol. 2

海达语是一种美洲土著语言，在不列颠哥伦比亚省的夏洛特女王群岛和阿拉斯加东南部的一个社区使用，目前情况危急。 剩下的几位发言者都是年老体弱。 这是对这种语言进行永久记录的关键时期，这种语言鲜为人知，但由于其语法独特性以及它与西北海岸其他语言的历史关系而具有重要意义。 PI从1975年到1995年研究了海达语，记录了语音系统和语法，编写了一本字典，并记录了地名，人名，口头叙述和音乐。 该项目的目标是完成两卷海达语句法研究报告中的第二卷（第一卷已于1996年完成）。 第二卷的大部分内容在篇幅和范围上与第一卷相同，已经起草完毕，但完成这一卷需要两年的全职工作，在此期间将进行为期几个月的实地考察，以解决问题。 这项研究对于那些对比较句法感兴趣的语言学家来说尤其重要，对于那些致力于为后代保留一些语言的Haidas人来说也具有实用价值。

Haida, a Native American language spoken on the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and in one community in Southeastern Alaska, is in critical condition. The remaining handful of speakers are all old and in ill health. This is the critical period for making a permanent record of the language, which is little known but significant both for its grammatical uniqueness and for the light it sheds on historical relations with other languages in the Northwest Coast. The PI studied Haida from 1975 to 1995, documenting the sound system and grammar, preparing a dictionary, and recording place names, personal names, oral narratives, and music. The goal of the project is to complete the second of a two-volume study of Haida syntax (volume 1 was completed in 1996). Much of the second volume, which will equal the first in size and scope, is drafted, although two years of full-time work are required to finish it, during which several month-long field trips will be undertaken to resolve problems. This study will be particularly significant for linguists interested in comparative syntax and will be of practical value to those Haidas who are working to save something of their language for future generations.