Hiaki Grammar: Documentation, Analysis and Teaching

Hiaki Grammar：文档、分析和教学

• 批准号: 0843898
• 负责人: Heidi Harley
• 金额: $ 14.42万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0843898&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Hiaki; Grammar; Documentation; Analysis; Teaching

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Hiaki (also known as "Yaqui" and "Yoeme") is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Southern Arizona and in Sonora Mexico. The Arizona dialect of Hiaki is moribund; its 70-80 native speakers are all fifty years of age or older, and it is not being learned as a first language. Consequently, it is very close to extinction in the United States. The present project will provide essential documentation of this severely endangered language. Working with fluent native speakers of the language and with the tribal Language Development program, this project will (a) provide the first in-depth description and analysis of three unusual grammatical processes, (b) produce a draft of a teaching grammar of Hiaki, (c) create a website to provide access to a database of glossed and translated Hiaki for tribal members and tribe-approved academics, and (d) provide linguistic training for two graduate students, one of whom is a tribal member with a deep commitment to his heritage language.In addition to the goal of discovering more about Hiaki grammar, a major emphasis of this project is to create grammatical descriptions of the language that are useful and accessible to Hiaki language teachers and learners. The teaching grammar of Hiaki will include texts and exercises relevant to Hiaki culture, Hiaki myths and stories and historical events, and content will be ordered so that the progression of information is correlated with the yearly cycle of the complex Hiaki cultural calendar. The online database of Hiaki text and translations will feature password-protected access. In collaboration with the tribe, we will negotiate clearly defined and appropriate levels of access for Hiaki language learners and academics. Finally, the project provides support and training for a Hiaki graduate student enrolled in the Native American Linguistics Masters (NAMA) program at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. The student's ultimate goal is the revitalization of Hiaki in Arizona, and he has dedicated the last few years of his life to getting the training necessary to be a leader in that effort.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。Hiaki（也称为“Yaqui”和“Yoeme”）是一种濒危的Uto-Aztecan语言，在亚利桑那州南部和索诺拉墨西哥使用。亚利桑那州的Hiaki方言是垂死的;它的70-80母语都是50岁或以上的人，它不是作为第一语言学习的。因此，它在美国濒临灭绝。目前的项目将为这种严重濒危的语言提供必要的文献资料。该项目将与流利的母语者和部落语言发展计划合作，（a）提供对三种不寻常的语法过程的首次深入描述和分析，（B）制作Hiaki教学语法草案，（c）创建一个网站，为部落成员和部落认可的学者提供对Hiaki注释和翻译数据库的访问，以及（d）为两名研究生提供语言培训，其中一名是部落成员，对他的传统语言有着深刻的承诺。除了发现更多关于Hiaki语法的目标之外，这个项目的主要重点是创建对Hiaki语言教师和学习者有用和容易理解的语言语法描述。Hiaki的教学语法将包括与Hiaki文化，Hiaki神话和故事以及历史事件相关的文本和练习，内容将被排序，以便信息的进展与复杂的Hiaki文化日历的年度周期相关。Hiaki文本和翻译的在线数据库将具有密码保护访问功能。在与部落合作，我们将谈判明确定义和适当的访问Hiaki语言学习者和学者的水平。最后，该项目为亚利桑那大学语言系美洲原住民语言学硕士（NAMA）项目的Hiaki研究生提供支持和培训。这位学生的最终目标是振兴亚利桑那州的Hiaki，他将生命的最后几年奉献给了成为这一努力的领导者所需的培训。