Northern Brazilian Cariban Languages Documentation Project

摘要巴西北部的加勒比亚语是世界上记录最少的语言之一，许多语言处于灭绝的危险之中。该项目将收集尽可能多的巴西北部加勒比语言的纪实录音，并开始从这些录音中转录单词列表和语法信息的过程。该项目还将支持巴西加勒比语言专业的学生在巴西北部三个不同的加勒比语言社区进行密集的实地考察。语言学家将使用传统的现场技术，包括记录、转录和翻译单词列表和测试；句法分析将通过对转录文本的启发和分析来进行。对于这三种语言，该项目将对音系学、词法、基本句法进行分析，并就理论上或类型学上的相关问题发表论文。有了这些新的数据，联合PI将致力于对加勒比语族进行更可靠的分类，并重建原始加勒比语词汇和形态句法。该项目是一项合作努力，旨在帮助培训新的巴西语言学家，了解基本的语言描述和语言学的历史/类型学/功能方法。它还将响应加勒比语言社区的需求，提供保护其独特语言和文化的帮助。//

ABSTRACT The Cariban languages spoken in northern Brazil are among the least documented in the world, and many are in danger of extinction. This project will collect documentary recordings of as many northern Brazilian Cariban languages as possible and begin the process of transcribing word lists and grammatical information from these recordings. The project will also provide support for the Brazilian Cariban linguistics students to do intensive field work in three different northern Brazilian Cariban language communities. The linguists will use traditional field techniques, including recording, transcribing, and translating word lists and tests; syntactic analysis will be via elicitation and analysis of transcribed texts. For these three languages, the project will produce analyses of phonology, morphology, basic syntax, and papers on theoretically or typologically relevant issues. With these new data, the co-PI will work towards a more reliable classification of the Cariban family and reconstruction of Proto Cariban lexicon and morphosyntax. This project is a collaborative effort, designed to help train new Brazilian linguists in basic linguistic description and historical/typological/functional approaches to linguistics. It will also be responsive to the needs of Cariban language communities, offering help in preserving their unique languages and cultures.//