Mohave and Chemehuevi Language Documentation Project

语言学家估计，在下一个世纪内，世界上至少有一半的土著语言将消失。 凭借她多年在亚利桑那州科罗拉多河印第安部落的经验，苏珊·彭菲尔德博士将领导一个研究小组与部落成员密切合作，大幅增加该社区两种高度濒危语言的现有语言数据：莫哈维语[估计有35名发言者]和切梅韦维语[估计有5-7名发言者]。 该项目还将解决以下问题：土著社区如何使用和控制电子文件，作为保存语言的工具？这项研究将确定所需的模式，以便将更多的土著语言文献责任转移给使用这些语言的社区。该项目将侧重于以两种语言记录会话做法和叙述的视频和音频文件，为部落成员提供基于技术的文件和描述语言学方面的培训，利用收集的数据构建支持部落语言振兴目标的语言课程，制作数字文本，音频和视频数据库，并制定一套标准协议，供土著社区用于界定与这些数字档案和数据库有关的公众访问问题。提高对濒危语言视频文件制作过程的普遍了解，增加Yuman [Mohave]和Southern Numic [Chemehuevi]语系的语言数据库，评估在线实地工作技术的使用情况，提供供公众使用的语言数据数字档案，并为土著社区制定关于公众获取数字档案部落资源的指导方针。这个项目建立在以前的工作，导致了一个手册的部落成员，题为技术增强语言振兴（彭菲尔德，现金现金罗伯茨，2004年）。本项目还将编制一本侧重于语文文件的类似手册。此外，还将为每年在亚利桑那州图森市举行的美洲印第安语言发展研究所开设的土著语言文献课程编制课程。

Linguists estimate that within the next century, at least half of the world's indigenous languages will be lost. Drawing on her many years of experience with the Colorado River Indian Tribes of Arizona, Dr. Susan Penfield will direct a research team working in close collaboration with tribal members to add substantially to the existing linguistic data for two highly endangered languages spoken in this community: Mohave [estimated 35 speakers] and Chemehuevi [estimated 5-7 speakers]. This project will also address the question: How can electronic documentation be used and controlled by indigenous communities as a vehicle for language preservation? This research will define the model needed to shift more of the responsibility for indigenous language documentation to the communities where these languages are spoken. The project will focus on the video and audio documentation of conversational practices and recorded narrative in both languages, provide training for tribal members in technology-based documentation and descriptive linguistics, use collected data to construct language lessons supporting the tribes' goal of language revitalization, make digital text, audio and video databases and develop a standard set of protocols for indigenous community use in defining issues of public access related to these digital archives and databases.The broader impacts of this project will increase the general understanding of the process video documentation for endangered languages, add to the linguistic database for Yuman [Mohave] and Southern Numic [Chemehuevi] language families, evaluate the use of technology for on-line fieldwork, provide digital archives of linguistic data for public use and generate guidelines for indigenous communities regarding public access to digitally archived tribal resources. This project builds on previous work which resulted in a handbook for tribal members titled, Technology-Enhanced Language Revitalization (Penfield, Cash Cash & Roberts, 2004). A similar handbook focused on language documentation will result from the present project. In addition, a curriculum will be developed for a course on indigenous language documentation to be offered at the American Indian Language Development Institute, held annually in Tucson, Arizona.