Doctoral Dissertation Research (DEL): Research on Tataltepec de Valdes Chatino (cta)

该项目将编制瓦尔德S查蒂诺语的语法，这是墨西哥瓦哈卡的一种语言，属于广泛使用的奥托马圭亚语。Tataltepec Chatino是查蒂诺语言中的一个独立分支，因此有助于重建原始查蒂诺母语，这反过来又将有助于洞察更遥远的共同祖先语言--原始扎波特克语和原始奥托曼语--的重建。塔塔尔特佩克·查蒂诺的参考语法迫在眉睫，因为现在说这种语言的人不到2000人，大多是30多岁的人，他们都住在瓦尔德·S的塔塔尔特佩克。该项目研究了塔塔尔特佩克·查蒂诺在句法、音系和语音方面几个不太常见的特征，其中包括动词-主语-宾语的语序，丰富的词汇语调体系，以及声调相互作用的异常复杂的规则。它还将允许记录塔塔尔特佩克查蒂诺语言和塔塔尔特佩克语言习俗，这将是讲这种语言的人及其后代的宝贵资源。这一语法的产生是德克萨斯大学更大努力的一部分，目的是记录和描述瓦哈卡的查蒂诺语言，强调语言学、查蒂诺语言素养和相关领域的说话人培训。为此，研究人员将继续与现有的演讲者培训人员团队合作，并寻找新的培训人员。正在使用的语言的录音以及转录、翻译和分析将被存档在数字档案馆中，在那里它们将供未来的研究人员和社区成员使用。

This project will produce a grammar of Tataltepec de Valdés Chatino, a language of Oaxaca, Mexico belonging to the widespread Otomanguean language stock. Tataltepec Chatino is an independent branch among the Chatino languages and as such informs the reconstruction of a proto-Chatino parent language, which in turn will offer insight into the reconstruction of the more remote common ancestor languages, proto-Zapotecan and proto-Otomanguean. A reference grammar of Tataltepec Chatino is highly urgent since the language is now spoken by fewer than two thousand people, mostly over 30 years old, all in the village of Tataltepec de Valdés. The project researches several less commonly-observed traits in its syntax, phonology and phonetics, among them, its word order which is verb-subject-object and its rich system of lexical tone and unusually intricate rules for the interaction of tones. It also will allow for the recording of Tataltepec Chatino speech and Tataltepec linguistic customs which will be a valuable resource for the speakers of the language and their descendents.The production of this grammar is part of a larger effort at the University of Texas to document and describe the Chatino languages of Oaxaca in a way that places a strong emphasis on speaker training in linguistics, Chatino language literacy, and related areas. To this end, the researcher will continue work with an established team of speaker trainees and also seek out new trainees. Recordings of the language in use, along with transcriptions, translations, and analyses, will be archived in a digital archive, where they will be available to future researchers and community members.