Doctoral Dissertation Research: Mutsun reclamation continued: Three years in a learner's efforts to acquire language

加州大学戴维斯分校博士生Lajos Szoboszlai在Martha Macri博士的指导下，将研究在没有母语者社区的情况下成人语言习得的过程和结果。 这项研究将与一名正在学习其祖先语言Mutsun的成年部落成员一起进行，Mutsun是北方加州传统上使用的Costanoan语言，使用语法，字典和一些教学材料。 Szoboszlai将确定仅通过这些文献材料访问的语言如何影响学习的结构，哪些被简化，哪些被说话者修改。 由于大多数关于第二语言习得的知识都是基于课堂学习或通过在强大的语音社区中再现，因此该项目的结果将为成人语言习得过程提供全新的见解。 Lajos Szoboszlai将采用定性分析进行这项纵向研究。他的数据库将包括电子邮件，半结构化的采访，和77小时的录音辅导会议与部落成员。 将对这些数据进行编码，以便跟踪特定语法形式的获取。 土著社区为恢复使用传统语言所做的许多努力为研究学习过程和这种特定学习环境对语言变化的影响提供了机会。 本项目所反映的语言文件材料的再利用反映了高质量语言文件对濒危语言社区的重要性。 只有有了这样的材料，世界范围内的语言多样性才能保持，社区才有希望重新使用其祖先的语言

University of California-Davis doctoral student Lajos Szoboszlai, under the guidance of Dr. Martha Macri, will investigate the processes and outcomes of adult language acquisition in the absence of a community of native speakers. The research will be conducted with an adult tribal member who is learning his ancestral language Mutsun, a Costanoan language traditionally spoken in Northern California, using a grammar, a dictionary, and a few pedagogical materials. Szoboszlai will identify how language accessed solely through these documentary materials influences what structures are learned, which are simplified, and which are modified by speakers. Since most of what is known about second language acquisition is based on learning in a classroom or through emersion in a robust speech community, the results of this project will provide brand new insights on the process of adult language acquisition. Lajos Szoboszlai will employ qualitative analysis to conduct this longitudinal study. His database will consist of e-mails, semi-structured interviews, and 77 hours of audio-recordings of tutoring sessions with the tribal member. This data will be coded to allow for tracking of acquisition of particular grammatical forms. The many efforts underway by indigenous communities trying to revive the use of traditional languages offer an opportunity to investigate the learning process and the effects of this specific learning environment for language change. The repurposing of language documentation materials as reflected in this project reflects the importance of high-quality language documentation for endangered language communities. It is only with such materials that worldwide linguistic diversity can be maintained and that communities can hope to regain use of their ancestral languages