International Research Fellow Awards: Data Collection for a Study of the History of Greenland and the Greenlandic Language

国际研究员奖计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。该计划的奖项提供了联合研究的机会，并利用国外独特或互补的设施、专业知识和实验条件。该奖项将为Anna Berge博士提供为期12个月的支持，以便与哥本哈根大学丹麦爱斯基摩学系的Michael Fortescue博士合作。Berge正在研究格陵兰语的历史，格陵兰语是因纽特(爱斯基摩人)语言的一种方言。关于格陵兰语的绝大多数作品都是在丹麦完成的。爱斯基摩研究所是格陵兰岛和格陵兰语最重要的研究中心之一。西格陵兰爱斯基摩人的历史还没有得到很大程度的研究。这些知识将对历史语言学做出有价值的贡献。在丹麦，她将可以接触到图书馆和档案材料，以及爱斯基摩学领域的专家。有可以追溯到17世纪的格陵兰人的书面记录。她的研究结果将有助于深入了解格陵兰语在历史时期的发展，从而更好地理解话题性和语篇结构，这是语言学中一个未被充分研究的方面。该研究所所长Fortescue博士是格陵兰语研究方面的专家。他编写了一本爱斯基摩人比较词典，对原始爱斯基摩人的单词进行了历史重建。*

9901437BergeThe International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty-four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad.This award will provide Dr. Anna Berge with support for twelve months to work with Dr. Michael Fortescue at the University of Copenhagen, in the Department of Eskimology in Denmark.Dr. Berge is studying the history of Greenlandic, a dialect of the Inuit (Eskimo) language. The vast majority of work on Greenlandic has been produced in Denmark. The Institute of Eskimology is one of the foremost centers of the study of Greenland and Greenlandic. The history of West Greenlandic Eskimo has not been studied to any great extent. This knowledge would make a valuable contribution to historical linguistics. In Denmark, she will have access to library and archival materials, as well as to experts in the field of Eskimology. There are written records of Greenlandic that go back to the 17th century. The results of her research will provide insight into the development of Greenlandic in historic times, which will lead to a better understanding of topicality and text structure, which is an understudied aspect of linguistics. Dr. Fortescue, the Chair of the Institute, is an expert in the study of Greenlandic. He has produced a comparative Eskimo dictionary with historical reconstruction of Proto-Eskimo words.***