Publication of Grammar of Mupun

该项目的目的是出版《木偶的语法》。Mupun是一种西查迪亚语，在尼日利亚的普拉托州使用。《语法》和随附的词典是对这种语言的第一次全面描述，也是关于Mupun所属的Angas集团任何语言的最完整的信息主体。这两本书是在NSF拨款的支持下撰写的。这本词典获得了凯登人文奖，这一奖项为这本书的出版提供了支持。《语法》为普通语言学提供了许多有趣的分析和事实。此外，实地观察表明，这种语言处于极其脆弱的境地，因为知青在日常语言中越来越多地用Eith Hausa或英语取代Mupun。因此，《语法和词典》将记录一种在几代人内濒临灭绝的语言。

ABSTRACT The aim of the project is the publication of the Grammar of Mupun. Mupun is a West Chadic language, spoken in the Plataeu State of Nigeria. The Grammar and an accompanying Dictionary are the first full descriptions of this language and also the most complete body of information on any language from the Angas group, to which Mupun belongs. The two books were written with the support of an NSF grant. The dictionary received a Kayden Prize in the Humanities, an award that provides support for the publication of the book. The Grammar presents a number of analyses and facts of interest for general linguistics. In addition, observation in the field indicates that the language is in extremely vulnerable situation because the educated youth are more and more replacing Mupun in their daily speech by eith Hausa or English. The Grammar and the Dictionary will be thus the record of a language in jeopardy of extinction within a few generations.