Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Grammar of Kibena [ISO 639 bez]

坦桑尼亚南部约有67万人使用基贝纳语。Kibena在很大程度上是无证的，没有可用的，详细的。通过美国国家科学基金会授予莱斯大学的克莱尔·鲍恩博士，候选人米歇尔莫里森将文件基贝纳文本和产生语法。这个初步的语法将包括语言的声音系统的分析，单词，从句和句子结构的描述，并在话语和会话层面上讨论Kibena的各个方面。而不是主要依赖于引出的数据（“你怎么说X在基贝纳？”），该项目将利用更大的文本和对话，努力研究Kibena在其最自然的形式。因此，该项目的产出之一将是汇编一个录音和录像资料库。语料库中的材料将被转录，并提供英语和斯瓦希里语（坦桑尼亚的国语）的翻译，以方便其他对该语言感兴趣的研究人员的访问，贝纳人有兴趣提高Kibena的知名度和使用，特别是在书面材料方面。促进贝纳文化委员会（PBC，前基贝纳语言委员会）要求制作一本他们的语言“语法书”，他们计划用它来帮助制作书面材料。该项目包括制作简化的语法，该语法将用斯瓦希里语编写，以方便说基贝纳语的成年人使用。这一语法将旨在促进书面材料的制作。此外，该项目还规定编写一本故事书（历史、民间故事等）。这本书将针对具有基本功能识字能力的演讲者。该项目产生的所有材料的副本将提供给方案预算委员会，并将努力确保项目材料可用于制作基贝纳语文材料。

The Kibena language is spoken by approximately 670,000 people living in southern Tanzania. Kibena is largely undocumented, and there is no usable, detailed. By means of an NSF grant to Dr. Claire Bowern of Rice University, Ph.D. candidate Michelle Morrison will document Kibena texts and produce a grammar. This preliminary grammar will include an analysis of the sound system of the language, descriptions of word, clause, and sentence structure, and a discussion of various aspects of Kibena at the level of discourse and conversation. Rather than relying primarily on elicited data ("How do you say X in Kibena?"), this project will utilize larger texts and conversations in an effort to study Kibena in its most natural form. Therefore one of the outputs of this project will be the compilation of a corpus of audio and video recordings. Materials in the corpus will be transcribed, with translations provided in both English and Kiswahili (the national language of Tanzania), in order to facilitate access by other researchers interested in the language.The Bena people are interested in increasing the profile and use of Kibena, particularly with regard to written materials. The Committee for Promoting Bena Culture (PBC, formerly Kibena Language Committee) has requested the production of a "grammar book" of their language which they plan to use to aid in the production of written materials. This project includes the production of a simplified grammar, which will be written in Kiswahili in order to facilitate access by adult Kibena speakers. This grammar will be aimed at facilitating the production of written materials. In addition, this project provides for the production of a book of stories (histories, folk tales, etc.). This book will be aimed at speakers with basic functional literacy. Copies of all materials resulting from this project will be provided to the PBC and efforts will be made to ensure the usability of project materials for the production of Kibena language materials.