NAMBE TEWA LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION PROJECT: PRODUCTION OF AN ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE

新墨西哥州的19个普韦布洛人拥有各种各样的文化和语言。在11个普韦布洛人中，社区的老年人仍然说传统的塔诺语。我们对这些错综复杂的语言的声音系统、词汇和语法结构所知甚少；它们是美国所有土著语言中记录最少的语言之一。在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，梅丽莎·阿克塞尔罗德博士将进行实地考察，以更多地了解其中一种语言，即在南贝普韦布洛使用的特瓦语。该项目的目标之一是制作Nambe Tewa文本和音频录像的多媒体档案和数据库，包括对话，叙述和传统活动的演示。此外，该项目还将编写电子和印刷词典以及该语言的语法。这个nsf资助的项目的更广泛的影响来自于自然Nambe话语的电子语料库的发展。现在可供语言学研究的大部分自然语篇语料库都是专门用于英语和欧洲语言的，在语言学研究中使用这类数据导致了对一些长期以来关于语法结构和语言处理的观点的重新考虑。在这个项目中开发的数据库将是任何美洲原住民语言的第一个自然话语语料库，因此它是一个独特的机会来了解这种语言的结构和使用，也获得了进一步了解人类语言结构和认知的可能性范围。对于学术界，以及参与该项目的PI和研究生，该项目提供了宝贵的研究和学习机会。国家科学基金会的资金还支持一项培训计划，该计划将为母语教师和社区成员提供准备，以扩大档案，并为希望更多地了解语言和文化的社区年轻成员开发教学材料。该研究中心的智力价值在于它能够将科学研究结合起来，为学者们提供接触以前未被记录的语言的途径，并认识到使用者、他们的社区和他们的社会文化遗产的重要性。该项目解决了语言学家面临的挑战，即开展研究工作，为科学事业做出贡献，同时也参与和服务母语社区。该项目将确保一个长期以来在美国科学界代表性不足的群体的参与和领导。这个项目在讲话者之间的成功可能会鼓励人们有机会记录和了解其他塔诺语和其他新墨西哥普韦布洛语。

The nineteen Pueblos of New Mexico encompass a wide variety of cultures and languages. In eleven of the Pueblos, older members of the communities still speak the heritage Tanoan language. Very little is known about the sound systems, vocabularies, and grammatical structures of these intricate and complex languages; they are among the least documented of all Native American languages spoken in the United States. With the support of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Melissa Axelrod will conduct fieldwork to learn more about one of these languages, the Tewa language spoken at Nambe Pueblo. Among the goals of this project is the production of a multimedia archive and database of texts and audio-video recordings of Nambe Tewa, including conversation, narratives, and demonstrations of traditional acitivities. In addition, the project will develop both an electronic and print dictionary and grammar of the language. The broader impacts of this NSF-funded project arise from this development of an electronic corpus of natural Nambe discourse. Most of the corpora of natural discourse that are now available for linguistic research are dedicated to English and to European languages, and the use of this kind of data in linguistic study has led to the reconsideration of some long held views about grammatical structure and about language processing. The database developed in this project will be the first corpus of natural discourse in any Native American language, and it is thus a unique opportunity to understand the structure and usage of this language and also to gain further insight into the range of possibilities for human language structure and cognition. For the academic community, and for the PI and graduate students involved in the project, the project provides an invaluable research and learning opportunity. The NSF funding also supports a training program that will prepare native language teachers and community members to expand the archive and develop pedagogical materials for younger members of the community who wish to know more about the language and culture. The intellectual merits of the research center on its ability to thus combine scientific research, providing scholars with access to a previously undocumented language, with recognition of the importance of speakers, their community, and their sociocultural heritage. The project answers the challenge to linguists to develop research endeavors that contribute to scientific endeavors while also engaging and serving the native speech community. The project will insure both participation and leadership of a group which has long been underrepresented in American science. The success of this project among speakers may encourage opportunities to document and understand other Tanoan languages and other New Mexico Pueblo languages.