Tolowa Dictionary and Reference Grammar

9409129 该项目是与两个美洲土著部落-北方加州的史密斯河牧场（Tolowa）和俄勒冈州西部的锡莱茨（Tututni）-的语言和文化保护工作一起进行的。 这两个近亲部落的语言濒临灭绝。我们将提供第一个系统的描述托洛瓦-图图特尼语，包括字典，参考语法和故事集。作为该项目的一部分，我们将提供研究生语言学培训的一个部落成员从史密斯河牧场（托洛瓦）。这一培训将使他能够在语言和文化保护和教育方案中为两个保留地服务。 一个可靠的词汇和语法描述托洛瓦将是非常有用的比较阿萨巴斯卡语言学家和民族志。这也将有助于我们对自然/内部语言变化（“漂移”）和接触引起的变化之间的平衡的一般理解。

9409129 This project is undertaken in conjunction with the linguistic and cultural preservation effort of two Native American tribes -- the Smith River Rancheria of Northern California (Tolowa), and the Siletz of Western Oregon (Tututni). The language of these two kin tribes is on the verge of extinction. We will provide the first systematic description of the Tolowa-Tututni language, including dictionary, reference grammar and story collection. As part of the project, we will provide graduate linguistics training to one tribal member from the Smith River Rancheria (Tolowa). This training will enable him to serve both reservations in their language and culture preservation and education programs. A reliable lexical and grammatical description of Tolowa will be very useful to comparative Athabaskan linguists and ethnographers. It will also be useful for our general understanding of the balance between natural/internal linguistic change ('drift') and contact induced change.