Lenape Language Database Project

Lenape 语言数据库项目

• 批准号: 0214422
• 负责人: James Rementer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: The Delaware Tribe
• 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: 2002-09-15 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0214422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Lenape; Language; Database; Project

ABSTRACTRementer & Pearson 0214422With National Science Foundation support, Mr. James Rementer and Dr. Bruce Pearson will review and convert to digital format some 1,000 hours of tape-recorded material in the Delaware Indian language dating back to the mid-20th century. Although this language has been studied in the past and belongs to the widely studied Algonquian family, little information about the structure of the language is available in a form that is readily usable by contemporary English-speaking members of the tribe or the general public. The project will result in the digitized preservation of the old analog recordings, many now growing brittle, and will lead to permanent storage of the material in a format that will bring together phonetic renditions of words and phrases, sound files of the words and phrases pronounced by the last generation of native speakers, and in many cases, pictures of cultural items being named. A reference CD that will teach some of the language basics will also be produced and made available to Delaware Tribal members as well as the general public.In addition to the importance of the project to the 11,000 members of the Oklahoma-based Delaware tribe, the language is historically important. It was once spoken over an area of almost 25,000 square miles, including all of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware. and southeastern New York. It was also significant as the language used between the Lenape and the early Dutch, Swedish, and English settlers in the area. It was the medium used to deal with William Penn when he established the Pennsylvania colony in the 17th century. The importance of Lenape continued through the period of American independence and westward expansion to the end of the 19th century. The language remained in use in Oklahoma through the 20th century and survived until August, 2002, in the memory of a 98-year-old man. Some middle-aged tribal members have a limited command of the language, as do a few scholars. The storage format developed for preservation of the materials will facilitate efforts of the Delaware tribe to create language-teaching materials. This documentation will also support the work of linguists, folklorists, and historians in researching narratives contained in the material and in preparing English translations and/or bilingual editions of Delaware texts of interest to a wider public.

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，詹姆斯·雷蒙特先生和布鲁斯·皮尔森博士将审查大约1,000小时的特拉华州印第安语录音材料，并将其转换为数字格式，这些材料可以追溯到世纪中期。虽然这种语言在过去已经被研究过，并且属于被广泛研究的阿尔冈琴语系，但关于这种语言的结构的信息很少，而且这种信息的形式很容易被当代讲英语的部落成员或公众使用。该项目将对许多现在已变得脆弱的旧模拟录音进行数字化保存，并将以一种格式永久储存这些材料，这种格式将汇集单词和短语的语音翻译、最后一代母语使用者发音的单词和短语的声音文件，以及在许多情况下，正在命名的文化物品的图片。还将制作一张教授一些语言基础知识的参考CD，并提供给特拉华州部落成员和公众。除了该项目对俄克拉荷马州特拉华州部落的11,000名成员的重要性外，这种语言在历史上也很重要。它曾经在将近25,000平方英里的地区使用，包括整个新泽西，宾夕法尼亚州东部，北方特拉华州。以及纽约东南部。它也是重要的语言之间使用的Lenape和早期荷兰，瑞典和英国定居者在该地区。这是威廉·佩恩在世纪建立宾夕法尼亚殖民地时用来对付他的媒介。从美国独立和向西扩张时期到19世纪末，莱纳佩的重要性一直持续存在。这种语言在俄克拉荷马州使用了整个世纪，直到2002年8月，在一位98岁老人的记忆中幸存下来。为保存材料而开发的存储格式将有助于特拉华州部落创建语言教学材料的努力。该文件还将支持语言学家，民俗学家和历史学家的工作，研究材料中包含的叙述，并准备更广泛公众感兴趣的特拉华州文本的英语翻译和/或双语版本。