Phonetics and Morpho-phonology of Abkhaz

9221845特里戈阿布哈兹语，一种在土耳其和格鲁吉亚苏维埃社会主义共和国使用的西北高加索语言，在类型上是异常的，因为它表现出非常复杂的辅音清单。在形态上，它是一种否定的语言，在这种语言中，几乎整个子句的句法结构都屈服于动词复合体。它包含几个语法子系统，它们以与声音模式（形态音韵学）和声音实现（语音学）理论相关的方式相互作用。阿布哈兹语的语法已经被很好地描述了，但是关于上述主题的描述和理论工作一直是肤浅的和有限的访问。此外，格鲁吉亚和土耳其目前的人口和政治状况对阿布哈兹的语言构成重大威胁。首席研究员将与她过去两年的顾问以及另外两名发言人一起转录、分析、注释和翻译新的和现有的数据。此外，PI将记录和分析语言的各种声音的声学特性。PI还将根据分析的数据语料库调查关于阿布哈兹语语法的具体语言学假设。这将最终在一卷描述的声音系统和形态音系阿布哈兹。* * *

9221845 Trigo Abkhaz, a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Turkey and the Georgians S.S.R. is typologically anomalous in that it exhibits an extraordinarily complex consonantal inventory. Morphologically, it is an ergative language in which virtually the entire syntactic structure of the clause is capitulated in the verbal complex. It contains several grammatical subsystems that interact with each other in ways that are relevant to theories of sound patterning (morpho-phonology) and sound realization (phonetics). The grammar of Abkhaz has been well described, but descriptive and theoretical work on the above topics has been superficial and of limited access. Moreover, present demographics and political conditions in Georgia and Turkey pose a significant threat to the language of the Abkhaz. The Principal Investigator will work with her consultant of the last two years and with two additional speakers to transcribe, analyze, gloss, and translate new and existing data. In addition, the PI will record and analyze the acoustic properties of the various sounds of the language. The PI will also investigate specific linguistic hypotheses about the grammar of Abkhaz based on the analyzed corpus of data. This will culminate in a volume describing the sound system and morpho-phonology of Abkhaz. ***