Building Capacity in Linguistics, STEM and Technology through the Documentation of the North Slope Dialect of Inupiaq, an endangered Native Alaskan language

通过记录因努皮亚克语（一种濒临灭绝的阿拉斯加原住民语言）的北坡方言，建设语言学、STEM 和技术方面的能力

• 批准号: 1563665
• 负责人: Daniel Wall
• 金额: $ 24.61万
• 依托单位: Ilisagvik College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1563665&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Linguistics; STEM; Technology

The essential elements that constitute the minimal scientific documentation of a language include a reference grammar, a dictionary, and transcribed narratives with translations and linguistic analysis. In contemporary language documentation projects, an especially important role is often played by electronic databases, which structure a set of data and allow multiple routes to search for information. With the advent of digital tools, databases often incorporate richer data and documentation, including sound files, photographs, grammatical information, and entire stories. This project will document document the North Slope Dialect of Iñupiaq, a highly endangered Native Alaskan language, and it will create and expand a database of the language. This language documentation will add to the current knowledge of Native languages while building scientific research capacities at Alaska's only tribal college. The Native American Languages Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990, enacted into policy the recognition of the unique status and importance of Native American languages, including Alaska Native languages. Broader impacts include introducing Iḷisaġvik College students to linguistic research, creating institutional partnerships with the University of Alaska Fairbanks -- home to the Alaska Native Language Archive -- and providing source materials for Iñupiaq faculty in the instruction of Iñupiaq language, and in the fields of science, technology and the humanities. In addition, increased interaction with technology by tribal college students and community youth will increase participants' skills in the technological field, creating a stronger STEM workforce in Alaska. The creation and expansion of the North Alaskan Iñupiaq Database will document this important Native language and will be a tool to introduce tribal college students to applications of technology design and linguistics. Bringing together elder speakers and the community's tech savvy youth, this project centers around an innovative, reciprocal exchange of knowledge, the elders' expertise in the indigenous language versus youth knowledge of technology. Ways of knowing and understanding will be documented in the language. The team, coordinated by Erin Hollingsworth of Iḷisaġvik College's Tuzzy Consortium Library, will produce endangered language research, engage in community outreach with members in remote Alaskan sites, and create participating opportunities for tribal college students. The project will also create high quality science resources for educators, while further strengthening the scientific capacity at Iḷisaġvik College. The North Slope Iñupiaq language material will be accessible to linguists, tribal community members, and the general public through the database. Databases for endangered and other languages advance knowledge by increasing access to linguistic, historical, cultural and scientific materials, especially when disseminated in online formats. The NSF Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUP) program in EHR is providing support for tribal college participation in this project.

构成一种语言的最低限度科学文献的基本要素包括参考语法、词典和带有翻译和语言分析的转录叙述。在当代语言文献项目中，电子数据库往往发挥着特别重要的作用，它构成了一套数据，并允许通过多种途径搜索信息。随着数字化工具的出现，数据库通常包含更丰富的数据和文档，包括声音文件、照片、语法信息和整个故事。该项目将记录伊努皮亚克北坡方言，这是一种高度濒危的阿拉斯加土著语言，它将创建和扩大该语言的数据库。这一语言文件将增加目前的土著语言知识，同时建立阿拉斯加唯一的部落学院的科学研究能力。美国国会于1990年通过的《美洲原住民语言法》将承认包括阿拉斯加原住民语言在内的美洲原住民语言的独特地位和重要性纳入政策。更广泛的影响包括引入I& #7735;伊萨ġ维克学院的学生从事语言研究，与阿拉斯加土著语言档案馆所在地阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯建立机构伙伴关系，并为伊努皮亚克教师提供伊努皮亚克语言教学以及科学、技术和人文领域的原始材料。此外，部落大学生和社区青年与技术的互动增加将提高参与者在技术领域的技能，在阿拉斯加创造更强大的STEM劳动力。北阿拉斯加伊努皮亚克数据库的创建和扩展将记录这一重要的土著语言，并将成为向部落大学生介绍技术设计和语言学应用的工具。该项目将年长的演讲者和社区精通技术的青年聚集在一起，围绕着一个创新的、互惠的知识交流，即年长者在土著语言方面的专门知识与青年人的技术知识。 了解和理解的方式将以语言记录下来。 该小组由I的Erin Hollingsworth协调&&，维克学院的Tuzzy联盟图书馆将进行濒危语言研究，与阿拉斯加偏远地区的成员进行社区外展，并为部落大学生创造参与机会。该项目还将为教育工作者创造高质量的科学资源，同时进一步加强I#7735;伊萨;vik学院的科学能力。 语言学家、部落社区成员和公众将通过数据库查阅北坡伊努皮亚克语言材料。濒危语言和其他语言数据库通过增加获取语言、历史、文化和科学材料的机会，特别是通过在线方式传播，促进知识的发展。NSF部落学院和大学（TCUP）在EHR计划正在为部落学院参与该项目提供支持。