The Tamashek (Tuareg) Language of Mali

9816324 heath将在实地研究塔马什克人（西非马里的图阿雷格人）的语言，以便编写英语参考语法、塔马什克-英-法词典和带有正面翻译和语法脚注的文本集。其结果将是对这一重要的柏柏尔语的全面研究，对一些西方和非洲的听众来说是可以获得和有用的。语言学理论特别感兴趣的是通过名词和动词词干的内部变化（ablaut）对复杂的语法衍生系统进行建模。对塔马什克语的深入研究将有助于弄清图阿雷格语对南部某些松海语的长期影响。

9816324HEATHThe language of the Tamashek people (Tuaregs of Mali, West Africa) will be studied in the field for the purposes of preparing a reference grammar in English, a Tamashek-English-French dictionary, and a collection of texts with facing translations and grammatical footnotes. The result will be a comprehensive study of this important Berber language, accessible to and useful for several western and African audiences. Of particular interest to linguistic theory is modeling of the complex system of grammatical derivation by internal changes (ablaut) within noun and verb stems. Close study of Tamashek will permit clarification of the long-term influence of Tuareg on certain Songhay languages to the south.