A Study of the Grammar and Lexicons of Endangered Indigenous Languages in and around New Caledonia

在这一研究项目中，我们调查了新喀里多尼亚及其周边地区濒临灭绝的土著语言，目的是描述其语法并编纂词典。特别是，Tinrin和Neku，这两种最濒危的海洋语言，每年都通过实地考察进行调查。该项目的研究成果已发表在会议论文中（2007年和2010年国际海洋语言学会议等），期刊文章和书籍章节（5中列出的主要出版物），以及正在进行的语法和词典。一个Neku民间故事也作为儿童读物出版。这项研究为海洋语言学做出了重大贡献，提供了几个新的语言学发现，填补了比较语言学的空白，此外还揭示和描述了新喀里多尼亚调查最少的语言。

In this research project, we have investigated endangered indigenous languages in and around New Caledonia, with the purpose of describing their grammars and compiling dictionaries. Specifically, Tinrin and Neku, the two most endangered Oceanic languages have been investigated through fieldworks carried out every year. The outcome of the research done in this project has appeared in conference papers (International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics 2007 and 2010, etc.), journal articles, and chapters of books (the main publications listed in 5), in addition to ongoing grammar and dictionaries. A Neku folk tale was also published as a children's book. This research has made a significant contribution to Oceanic linguistics in providing several new linguistic discoveries and filling gaps in comparative linguistics, in addition to shedding light on, and describing the least-investigated languages of New Caledonia.