The Tamashek (Tuareg) Language of Mali

9816324 HEATHThe语言的Tamashek人（图阿雷格人的马里，西非）将在外地进行研究，以准备英语的参考语法，Tamashek-英语-法语词典，并收集文本与面临的翻译和语法脚注的目的。 其结果将是对这一重要的柏柏尔语的全面研究，可供一些西方和非洲受众使用并对其有用。 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）来模拟复杂的语法派生系统。 对塔马谢克语的深入研究将有助于澄清图阿雷格语对南部某些桑海语的长期影响。

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.