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

博士论文研究：Kibena 语法 [ISO 639 bez]

• 批准号: 0817518
• 负责人: Claire Bowern
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 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: 2008-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0817518&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Grammar; Kibena

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.

生活在坦桑尼亚南部的约67万人使用基贝纳语。Kibena基本上没有记录，没有可用的，详细的。通过国家科学基金会对莱斯大学克莱尔·鲍恩博士的资助，博士候选人米歇尔·莫里森将记录基贝纳语文本并生成语法。这个初步的语法将包括对语言的声音系统的分析，对单词、从句和句子结构的描述，以及在话语和对话层面上对基贝纳语各个方面的讨论。而不是主要依赖于引出的数据（“X在Kibena语中怎么说？”），这个项目将利用更大的文本和对话，努力研究基贝纳语最自然的形式。因此，该项目的产出之一将是汇编音频和视频记录的语料库。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，以便于对该语言感兴趣的其他研究人员使用。贝纳人对提高基贝纳语的知名度和使用感兴趣，特别是在书面材料方面。促进贝纳文化委员会（原基贝纳语言委员会）要求编写一本他们语言的“语法书”，他们计划用它来协助编写书面材料。该项目包括编写一种简化的语法，将用斯瓦希里语编写，以便基贝纳语成年使用者使用。这种语法的目的是为了便于编写书面材料。此外，该项目还提供制作故事集（历史、民间故事等）。本书的目标读者是具有基本功能素养的讲话者。本项目产生的所有材料的副本将提供给人民委员会，并将努力确保项目材料可用于制作基贝纳语材料。