Doctoral Dissertation Research: Nominal and deverbal morphology in an endangered language

博士论文研究：濒危语言中的名词形态和非动词形态

• 批准号: 2314344
• 负责人: Hannah Sande
• 金额: $ 1.93万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-15 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2314344&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Nominal; deverbal

This doctoral dissertation project investigates the grammar of an endangered language spoken in two Indigenous communities. In an era of accelerated language extinction, this project presents a unique opportunity to document the intricate features of a language that exhibits some relatively rare grammatical properties while it is still actively used. The project focuses on the interface between phonology (the system of sounds) and morphology (the structure of words), offering insights into the characteristics of the language, contributing to linguists' collective knowledge of linguistic diversity, and enhancing scientists' understanding of human linguistic capacity. The project supports the communities with tools for language documentation, contributing to the preservation and revitalization of their language. It also aids in the creation of pedagogical resources for the language, facilitating its future learning and use.The study examines typologically rare features of the language's structure, focusing on its nominal domain — an area of the language that pertains to objects, people, and ideas. This research will illuminate specific linguistic processes tied to individual elements of the language, and the expression of plural forms through unusual sound alterations. The project involves collecting linguistic data during a field trip to communities where the language is spoken. The findings challenge existing theories about how elements of language are represented and interact with each other, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the complexities of human language systems. The collected data are made accessible to the global research community, supporting further studies into language structure and diversity.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该博士学位论文项目调查了两个土著社区所说的一种濒危语言的语法。在一个加速语言扩展时代，该项目提供了一个独特的机会，可以记录一种语言的复杂特征，该语言在仍在积极使用的同时表现出相对罕见的语法属性。该项目着重于语音学（声音系统）与形态学（单词的结构）之间的界面，为语言的特征提供见解，有助于语言学家对语言多样性的集体知识，并增强科学家对人类语言能力的理解。该项目使用语言文档的工具为社区提供支持，从而为他们的语言的准备和振兴做出了贡献。它还有助于为该语言创建教学资源，从而支持其未来的学习和使用。该研究研究了该语言结构的类型罕见特征，重点是其名义领域，该领域是与物体，人和思想有关的语言领域。这项研究将阐明与语言各个要素相关的特定语言过程，并通过异常的声音改变来表达复数形式。该项目涉及在讲语言的社区的实地考察中收集语言数据。这些发现挑战了有关语言元素如何代表和相互作用的现有理论，这有助于对人类语言系统的复杂性有更全面的理解。全球研究界可以访问收集的数据，支持对语言结构和多样性的进一步研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为通过评估被认为是宝贵的支持。