Doctoral Dissertation Research: Belizean Mopan Documentation (MOP)

博士论文研究：伯利兹 Mopan 文献 (MOP)

• 批准号: 1264199
• 负责人: Charles Hofling
• 金额: $ 1.49万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1264199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Belizean; Mopan

This project aims to document and describe the grammar, lexicon, dialectal variations, and a variety of performance and speech genres of Belizean Mopan, a Mayan language spoken in the Toledo district of Southern Belize. Despite increases in Mopan populations, Mopan is a severely endangered language because younger community members are no longer speaking the language. The data are to be documented and analyzed to allow for: evaluation of Belizean Mopan's relationship with its Yukatekan sister languages; data sets for Proto-Yukatekan reconstruction; analysis of culturally specific linguistic functions, such as the role of sound symbolism in discourse; the comparison of the effects of English contact on Belizean Mopan with Spanish contact on Guatemalan Mopan; and the creation of cultural and intellectual resources for future generations. This study will contribute to a better understanding of Belizean Maya and to strengthening the ethnic identity of its speakers and call more public attention to and appreciation of the modern Belizean Mayan people, culture and language. This project will also contribute to the scientific training of a promising scholar.

该项目旨在记录和描述伯利兹南部托莱多区使用的一种玛雅语言--伯利兹莫潘语的语法、词汇、方言变化以及各种表演和演讲风格。尽管莫潘语人口增加，但莫潘语是一种严重濒危的语言，因为年轻的社区成员不再说这种语言。这些数据将被记录和分析，以便能够：评估伯利兹莫潘语与其姊妹语言尤卡特坎语的关系；重建原始尤卡特坎语的数据集；分析特定文化的语言功能，例如声音象征在话语中的作用；比较英语接触伯利兹莫潘语和西班牙语接触危地马拉莫潘语的效果；以及为子孙后代创造文化和智力资源。这项研究将有助于更好地了解伯利兹玛雅人，加强讲伯利兹玛雅人的种族认同，并呼吁更多的公众关注和欣赏现代伯利兹玛雅人、文化和语言。该项目还将有助于科学培养一位有前途的学者。