Oneida Prosodic Categories Above the Word

摘要这个项目将包括广泛的文本记录来自Oneida的说话者，目的是加深对语音，句法，以及在关于Oneida的语言文献中先前被称为“话语”的韵律单位以及介于该词和“话语”之间的任何其他韵律成分的话语性质。课文将被录音、转录并翻译成英语，然后进行乐器测量，以确定停顿和语调模式。完整的文本卷将包括逐个语素的分析和注解。该项目将与Oneida社区中一位受人尊敬的演讲者和教师密切合作进行。这样的合作将确保文本样本中尽可能广泛的多样性。鉴于过去20年来讲奥奈达语的人数不断减少，收集这类文本材料被视为紧迫的问题。预计该文本将有利于语言学，而不考虑理论上的一致性，也将有利于旨在维持和保存Oneida的社区项目。

ABSTRACT This project will involve the extensive recording of texts from speakers of Oneida with the goal of furthering understanding of the phonological, syntactic, and discourse properties of prosodic units previously termed "utterance" in the linguistic literature on Oneida and any other prosodic constituents intermediate between the word and "utterance". The texts will be tape- recorded, transcribed and translated into English, and then subjected to instrument measurement to determine pause and intonation patterns. A completed volume of texts will include morpheme-by-morpheme analyses and glosses. The project will be carried out in close collaboration with a respected speaker and teacher in the Oneida community. Such a collaboration will ensure the widest variety possible in the text sample. The collection of such textual material is seen as urgent, given the steady decreasing numbers of speakers of Oneida over the last two decades. It is anticipated that the text volume will benefit linguistics regardless of theoretical alignment and also community-based projects aimed at maintaining and preserving Oneida.