Doctoral Dissertation Research: A description of the Patwin language

本论文的目标是创建一个描述性的参考语法的Patwin语言，使用的材料在全国各地的档案。帕特温语（Patwin）是一种美洲土著语言，以前在加州的萨克拉门托河西南部使用。它是一个小型的、垂死的、文献不足的温图语系的最南端的成员，是拟议中的佩纽蒂语系的一员。以前约有8，000 - 12，000人使用帕特温语，现在只有一两个语言研究界已知的活人使用帕特温语作为第一语言。 在全国各地的各种档案中收集了足够的语言材料，应该有可能对该语言作出相当完整的描述。然而，没有足够的语法描述的语言可用，因为重要的工作肯尼思惠斯勒在20世纪70年代和80年代初没有语言学家已经发表了关于帕特温，无论是理论上或理论上。因此，这篇论文将是一个学术性的，描述性的语法的语言与传统上描述的语法的每一个领域：语音学（语音），音系学（声音模式），形态学（词结构），和句法（句子结构）。 更重要的是，在这个时候作出这样的描述，因为目前有相当大的兴趣在各种遗产Patwin社区之间的Patwin语言振兴。 该项目还将支持对一名有前途的学者进行科学培训。

The goal of this dissertation is to create a descriptive reference grammar of the Patwin language, using materials available in archives around the country. Patwin is a Native American language formerly spoken in the southwestern drainage of the Sacramento River in California. It is the southernmost member of the small, moribund, and under-documented Wintuan language family, a member of the proposed Penutian stock. Formerly spoken by a population of about 8,000-12,000, Patwin is now spoken as a first language by only one or two living people known to the linguistic research community. Enough language materials have been collected in various archives throughout the country that it should be possible to arrive at a reasonably complete description of the language. Yet there is no adequate grammatical description of the language available and since the important work of Kenneth Whistler in the 1970's and early 1980's no linguist has published on Patwin, whether descriptively or theoretically. This dissertation will therefore be an academic, descriptive grammar of the language with each of the areas traditionally described in grammars: phonetics (speech sounds), phonology (sound patterns), morphology (word structure), and syntax (sentence structure). It is moreover important that such a description be made at this time as there is currently considerable interest in Patwin language revitalization among various heritage Patwin communities. This project will also support the scientific training of a promising scholar.