An Ultrasound Investigation of Consonant Harmony in Tahltan (tht)

塔尔坦 (tht) 中辅音和谐的超声研究

• 批准号: 1128159
• 负责人: Douglas Whalen
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: Haskins Laboratories, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1128159&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ultrasound; Investigation; Consonant; Harmony; Tahltan

This RAPID project, PI Doug Whalen, is perhaps the "last chance" to record critical phonological data on the world's only known, spoken, 3-way consonant harmony language, Tahltan. Tahltan, is a heritage language with only a few remaining speakers living (estimated 35, 67ya) on the North West Coast of Canada. Tahltan is a Northern Athabaskan language and as such closely related to the Athabaskan languages spoken in the circumpolar north. Using an ultrasound, of the same kind used in hospitals, the PI will record Tahltan speakers reading a set list of Tahltan words that will elicit consonant harmony speech situations in order to test the hypothesis put forward - that this unique 3-way consonant harmony is the result of a specific groove formation in the tongue for the three classes of consonants. This project has potential implications for a broader debate about the relationship between brain/body interactions. In addition, the proposed research will be documenting aspects of a language soon to be extinct; the project includes the participation of a university student and will provide valuable field training to the student as he/she pursues his/her science education. The project is also in cooperation with Dr. Patricia Shaw, who has worked collaboratively with the Tahltan people in documenting their language and brings those community relationships to this project.

这个RAPID项目，PI Doug Whalen，可能是记录世界上唯一已知的，口头的，3-way辅音和谐语言塔尔坦语的关键语音数据的“最后机会”。塔尔坦语是一种传统语言，在加拿大西北海岸只剩下少数人使用（估计有35,67人）。塔尔坦语是北阿萨巴斯坎语的一种，因此与北极圈北部的阿萨巴斯坎语密切相关。使用医院里使用的超声波，PI将记录说塔尔坦语的人朗读一组塔尔坦语单词，这些单词会引出辅音和谐的语音情况，以检验提出的假设——这种独特的3路辅音和谐是舌头上为3类辅音形成特定凹槽的结果。这个项目对关于大脑/身体相互作用之间关系的更广泛的辩论有潜在的影响。此外，拟议的研究将记录一种即将灭绝的语言的各个方面；该项目包括一名大学生的参与，并将为学生提供宝贵的实地培训，因为他/她追求他/她的科学教育。该项目还与帕特里夏·肖博士合作，她与塔尔坦人合作，记录他们的语言，并将这些社区关系带入该项目。