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年的《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）进行资助的。 Hiaki的亚利桑那方言是垂死的。它的70-80名母语人士均为五十岁或以上，并且并非被学习为第一语言。因此，它在美国非常接近灭绝。本项目将提供这种严重濒危语言的基本文档。 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学生之一是一个部落成员，对他的遗产语言有着深刻的承诺。除了发现更多有关Hiaki Grammar的目标外，该项目的主要重点是对Hiaki语言老师和学习者有用且可访问该语言的语法描述。 Hiaki的教学语法将包括与Hiaki文化，Hiaki神话，故事和历史事件相关的文本和练习，并将订购内容，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的访问。在与部落合作的情况下，我们将为Hiaki语言学习者和学术界的明确定义和适当的访问级别进行谈判。最后，该项目为亚利桑那大学语言学系的美国原住民语言学硕士（NAMA）计划的Hiaki研究生提供支持和培训。该学生的最终目标是亚利桑那州的Hiaki的振兴，他一生的最后几年都致力于获得必要的培训，以成为这一努力的领导者。