Mandan Language: Documentation, Description and Training [ISO 639 mhq]

曼丹语言：文档、描述和培训 [ISO 639 mhq]

• 批准号: 0756237
• 负责人: Alyce Spotted Bear
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: NUETA HIDATSA SAHNISH COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-15 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0756237&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mandan; Language; Documentation; Description; Training

Edwin Benson, age 75, is the sole remaining fluent speaker of the Mandan language. Recording his stories and linguistic insights is critical and a priority for the Mandan Tribe. Alyce Spotted Bear, Principal Investigator from Fort Berthold Community College, will use NSF support to receive training in recording techniques so that she can accomplish the first of these planned recordings. Field methods training will take place at the Fort Berthold Community College, a tribal college of the Three Affiliated Tribes, with the assistance of Dr. Sara Trechter (California State University, Chico) and Dr. Mauricio Mixco (University of Utah). Additionally, Spotted Bear will attend the Infield summer workshops at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This expertise will then be shared with tribal members to begin producing audio and video digital recordings of Edwin Benson in narration and in conversation with the remaining semi-fluent speakers; currently, there are no extensive recordings of Mandan narratives or conversational Mandan. This project, with its overall documentation aspects, will contribute to the Mandan language's continuation as an historically significant spoken language. The Mandan Indians, communicating in their language, contributed to the success of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery by providing them with foodstuff and other necessities during the winter of 1804, and provided vital information related to the westward journey. The project's web database will make the evidence of this history accessible to all tribal entities, including the schools for instructional purposes, and to the linguistics community in general. This project's educational benefits to tribal members in linguistic fieldwork and language analysis are far-reaching in terms of their being able to share their acquired expertise with the community at-large.

75岁的埃德温·本森是唯一能流利说曼丹语的人。记录他的故事和语言见解是至关重要的，也是曼丹部落的优先事项。 来自贝特霍尔德堡社区学院的首席研究员Alyce Spotted Bear将利用NSF的支持接受录音技术培训，以便她能够完成这些计划中的第一次录音。 在Sara Trechter博士（加州州立大学，奇科）和Mauricio Mixco博士（犹他州大学）的协助下，将在Fort Berthold社区学院（三个附属部落的一所部落学院）进行实地方法培训。此外，斑点熊将参加在加州大学，圣巴巴拉的内野夏季讲习班。然后，将与部落成员分享这一专门知识，开始制作埃德温·本森叙述和与其余半流利的说话者对话的音频和视频数字录音;目前，没有大量的曼丹叙述或曼丹对话录音。这个项目，连同其整体的文献方面，将有助于曼丹语作为一种具有历史意义的口语的延续。曼丹印第安人用他们的语言交流，在1804年冬天为刘易斯和克拉克的发现军团提供了食物和其他必需品，并提供了与向西行有关的重要信息，从而为他们的成功做出了贡献。 该项目的网络数据库将使所有部落实体，包括用于教学目的的学校，以及一般的语言学界都能获得这段历史的证据。该项目在语言实地工作和语言分析方面对部落成员的教育益处是深远的，因为他们能够与整个社区分享他们获得的专门知识。