Grammars of Four Chadic Languages

9514401 弗拉津吉耶 该项目的目的是完成在喀麦隆极北省和乍得使用的几种未描述的乍得语言的参考语法，其中一些语言濒临灭绝。该项目的具体目标是：（1）Mina的语法和词典;（2）Gidar的语法和词典;（3）Lele的语法;（4）East Dangla的语法。这项研究也是理论性的，因为它将解决语序，动词编码，宾语并入和通过形容词编码之间的相互关系，所有这些都是由所研究的语言部署的。 将从乍得请来一名东丹格拉的母语人士参加该项目，此人受过一些语言培训。 乍得语分支是亚非语系中最大的一个语系，其中包括埃及语和闪米特语等研究得很好的语言。在尼日利亚、北方喀麦隆、乍得和尼日尔使用乍得语。其中许多语言也濒临灭绝。在一个快速城市化的地区，少数人使用豪萨语、阿拉伯语和富拉语作为该地区的交通工具语言。所选语言属于乍得语的中部和东部分支。 它们在句法、形态和音系等重要方面存在差异。拟议的描述将填补我们对乍得语系的知识的重要空白。

9514401 FRAJZYNGIER The aim of the project is to complete reference grammars of several undescribed Chadic languages spoken in the Extreme North province of Cameroon and in Chad, some of which are endangered with extinction. The specific goals of the project are: (1) A grammar and dictionary of Mina; (2) A grammar and dictionary of Gidar; (3) A syntax of Lele; and (4) A syntax of East Dangla. The study is also theoretical in that it will address the interrelationships between word order, coding on the verb, object incorporation, and coding through adpositions, all of which are deployed by languages under study. A native speaker of East Dangla, a person with some linguistic training, will be brought from Chad to participate in the project. The Chadic branch is the largest family within the Afroasiatic phylum, which includes such well studied languages as Egyptian and Semitic. Chadic languages are spoken in Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Many of these languages are also endangered. They are spoken by a small number of people in a region undergoing rapid urbanization with Hausa, Arabic, and Fula as vehicular languages of the area. The languages chosen for description belong to Central and Eastern branches of Chadic. They differ in very important respects in their syntax, morphology, and phonology. The proposed descriptions will fill important gaps in our knowledge of the Chadic language family.