Documenting the =Khomani (ngh) and Ju/'hoan (ktz) Languages: Field Research and Digital Technology for Audio, Video, and Text Archives

记录 =Khomani (ngh) 和 Ju/hoan (ktz) 语言：音频、视频和文本档案的现场研究和数字技术

• 批准号: 0553041
• 负责人: Marguerite Biesele
• 金额: $ 4.37万
• 依托单位: Biesele, Marguerite A.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-15 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0553041&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Documenting; =Khomani; ngh; Ju; hoan

Each human language encodes particular understandings of the world that are not shared exactly with any other language. These understandings are part of the joint heritage we share as world citizens. It is imperative that as many as possible of the world's endangered languages be professionally documented before they disappear. Of the remaining Khoisan, or "click" languages of southern Africa, =Khomani (N/u), with only ten speakers, is high on the critical list. Recent technological advances and rising standards for "best practice" now make it possible to help =Khomani speakers preserve the words, idioms, and verbal art of their past. This collaborative approach combines anthropological and linguistic expertise with native speaker expertise for both scholarly and local community purposes. With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Marguerite Biesele will continue to undertake the textual, audio, and video documentation of the =Khomani language in and near Upington, South Africa. Drawing on her many years of experience with the Ju/'hoan San click-speakers of Namibia, Dr. Biesele will direct the work of two linguistic consultants, Gueldemann and Namaseb, who are already familiar with the =Khomani language. The materials collected through digital field documentation will be prepared for archiving by transcribing, annotating, translating, and analyzing the language data. This project will add substantially to the scholarly materials available for linguistic research on Khoisan. These materials will be made available electronically to researchers around the world, and will also be disseminated to the community of origin. The project will contribute to the training of the two young =Khomani speakers in the production of socially meaningful texts of traditional and contemporary lore and language.

每一种人类语言都编码了对世界的特定理解，而这些理解并不完全与任何其他语言共享。这些谅解是我们作为世界公民共享的共同遗产的一部分。在世界濒危语言消失之前，尽可能多地对它们进行专业记录是当务之急。在剩下的南部非洲的霍伊桑语中，只有10人说的霍马尼语(N/U)在批评名单上名列前茅。最新的技术进步和不断提高的“最佳实践”标准使讲霍马尼语的人有可能保存他们过去的词语、习语和口头艺术。这种协作方法将人类学和语言学的专门知识与母语人士的专门知识结合在一起，以达到学术和当地社区的目的。在国家科学基金会的支持下，Marguerite Biesele博士将继续在南非厄普灵顿及其附近地区进行霍马尼语的文本、音频和视频记录。凭借她在纳米比亚Ju/‘Hoan San点击语方面多年的经验，Biesele博士将指导已经熟悉霍马尼语的两名语言顾问盖尔德曼和纳马塞布的工作。通过数字实地文件收集的材料将通过转录、注释、翻译和分析语文数据来准备存档。该项目将大大增加可用于科伊桑语言研究的学术材料。这些材料将以电子方式提供给世界各地的研究人员，并将分发给原籍社区。该项目将有助于培训两名讲霍马尼语的年轻人编写具有社会意义的传统和当代知识和语言文本。