Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: Doctoral Dissertation Research: Menominee Metrical Structure

论文研究改进补助金：博士论文研究：梅诺米尼度量结构

• 批准号: 0132926
• 负责人: Monica Macaulay
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-06-01 至 2003-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0132926&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Improvement; Grants; Doctoral

Under the direction of Drs. Monica Macaulay and Thomas Purnell, Ms. Marianne Milligan will conduct fieldwork for her doctoral dissertation. She will work with the remaining speakers of Menominee, an endangered language spoken on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin. Her dissertation emphasizes the metrical structure of Menominee, in particular the placement of accent and the pattern of long and short vowels. The topic is theoretically interesting because Menominee's metrical rules are very unusual. These rules have received several different theoretical analyses, one of which is used as evidence against certain current trends in linguistic theory. However, all analyses of Menominee metrical structure are based on the published works of American linguist Leonard Bloomfield, and so inherit various problems his work contains. First, while his grammar is considered one of the most comprehensive descriptions of an Amerindian language, it was completed after his death by another linguist. It is thus contradictory in places. Second, because Bloomfield used a standardized spelling system rather than phonetic transcription, his work does not show variation in pronunciation. Theoretical claims about Menominee require more accurate description of the data. This project's data will also be used in pedagogical materials for the tribe's language preservation programs. All materials recorded on audiotape will be transferred to CD for archiving purposes, distribution to tribal organizations, and acoustic analysis. This research is significant in two ways. First, it will extend research on Menominee metrical structure by providing both an accurate description and a theoretical analysis of the Menominee data. Understanding the unusual metrical structure of Menominee will not only add to our general understanding of human language, but the issues raised by these data may also affect current debates within linguistic theory. Second, the language teaching materials that this project will contribute to producing, such as tapes of stories with accompanying text, tapes of vocabulary items, and grammatical lessons, will be used in the tribe's efforts to retain the language and culture in the schools on their reservation.

在Monica Macaulay和托马斯珀内尔博士的指导下，Marianne Milligan女士将为她的博士论文进行实地考察。她将与剩下的梅诺米尼人一起工作，梅诺米尼语是威斯康星州梅诺米尼保留区的一种濒危语言。她的论文强调梅诺米尼的韵律结构，特别是重音的位置和长短元音的模式。这个话题在理论上很有趣，因为梅诺米尼的韵律规则非常不寻常。这些规则已经收到了几个不同的理论分析，其中之一是用来作为证据，对某些当前的趋势，在语言学理论。然而，所有对美诺米尼语格律结构的分析都是基于美国语言学家伦纳德布卢姆菲尔德的已发表的作品，因此继承了他的作品中所包含的各种问题。首先，虽然他的语法被认为是对美洲印第安人语言最全面的描述之一，但它是在他去世后由另一位语言学家完成的。因此，它在某些地方是矛盾的。第二，因为布卢姆菲尔德使用的是标准化的拼写系统，而不是音标，所以他的作品没有显示出发音的变化。关于Menominee的理论主张需要更准确的数据描述。该项目的数据还将用于部落语言保护方案的教学材料。录音带上记录的所有材料将转入CD，以便存档、分发给部落组织和进行声学分析。 这项研究在两个方面具有重要意义。首先，它将通过提供对梅诺米尼数据的准确描述和理论分析来扩展对梅诺米尼格律结构的研究。了解梅诺米尼不寻常的韵律结构不仅会增加我们对人类语言的一般理解，而且这些数据提出的问题也可能影响语言学理论中目前的争论。第二，该项目将有助于制作语言教学材料，如附有文字的故事磁带，词汇项目磁带和语法课程，将用于部落在保留地学校保留语言和文化的努力。