Dene/Athabaskan Conference And Workshop 2017

比较密切相关语言的结构有助于发现人类独特的生物文化系统，即语言的变化、趋同和分化模式。北美最大的美洲原住民语系——德尼语或阿萨巴斯坎语，是研究这种模式的理想实验室。该语系由密切相关的语言组成，最初分布在阿拉斯加中部、加拿大西部、加利福尼亚、俄勒冈和美国西南部，在那里该语系以阿帕契亚语系为代表。PI Willem de Reuse将组织语言学家和感兴趣的社区成员的会议，以调查阿帕奇语，作为2017年Dene/Athabaskan语言会议和研讨会的一部分，该会议将由Yavapai-Apache Nation在亚利桑那州的Camp Verde举办，为期三天。这次会议的独特之处在于，来自所有阿帕奇部落社区和其他阿萨巴斯坎社区的成员都将出席，通过语言和民族志数据提供见解，以促进对语言相关性和语言变化的进一步研究。这次Dene/Athabaskan语言会议将是有史以来第一次特别关注阿帕奇语言的会议。尽管阿帕奇人在美国西南部历史上扮演了一个标志性的角色，在流行电影和文学作品中，阿帕奇人既受到赞赏，也受到谴责，但阿帕奇语言的历史及其关系却很少受到科学研究。与会者将探讨阿帕奇语言的历史，阿帕奇语言与其他阿萨巴斯坎语言之间的关系，以及语言文献、教学和复兴方法的异同。这次会议和讲习班的语言学发现也将加强所有土著参与者的民族语言认同和意识，从而改善不同阿帕奇群体之间的交流和理解。还将为一名印第安部落学生和一名北德克萨斯大学的学生提供学生培训。

Comparison between the structures of closely related languages facilitates discovery of patterns of change, convergence and divergence of a uniquely human biocultural system, i.e. language. The Dene or Athabaskan language family, the largest Native American family of North America, constitutes an ideal laboratory for investigating such patterns. The family is constituted of closely related languages originally spread over central Alaska, Western Canada, California, Oregon, and the US Southwest, where the family is represented by the Apachean subgroup of languages. PI Willem de Reuse will organize a conference of linguists and interested community members to investigate Apachean as part of the 2017 Dene/Athabaskan Language Conference and Workshop, to be hosted by the Yavapai-Apache Nation, Camp Verde, Arizona, for three days. What is unique about the conference is that members from all Apache tribal communities and other Athabaskan communities will be present, providing insights via language and ethnographic data to stimulate further research in language relatedness and in language change. This Dene/Athabaskan Language Conference will be the first ever with a special focus on Apachean languages. Whereas Apaches have played an iconic role in southwestern U.S. history, one both admired and reviled in popular films and literature, the history of Apachean languages and their relationships has been the subject of rather little scientific inquiry. Participants of the proposed conference will explore the history of the Apachean languages, the relationships between Apachean languages and the other Athabaskan languages, and similarities and differences in approaches to language documentation, teaching, and revitalization. The linguistic findings arising from this conference and workshop will also strengthen ethnolinguistic identity and awareness for all indigenous participants, leading to improved communication and understanding between the different Apache groups. Student training of both a Native American tribal student and a student from the University of North Texas will also be provided.