International Research Fellow Awards: Data Collection for a Study of the History of Greenland and the Greenlandic Language

[901437]伯格国际研究员奖励计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。该计划的奖励为联合研究提供了机会，并利用独特或互补的设施、专业知识和国外的实验条件。该奖项将为Anna Berge博士提供为期12个月的支持，让她与丹麦哥本哈根大学爱斯基摩学系的Michael Fortescue博士一起工作。贝尔热正在研究格陵兰语的历史，这是因纽特人（爱斯基摩人）语言的一种方言。关于格陵兰岛的绝大多数作品都是在丹麦制作的。爱斯基摩研究所是研究格陵兰岛和格陵兰岛的最重要的中心之一。西格陵兰爱斯基摩人的历史还没有得到深入的研究。这些知识将对历史语言学作出宝贵的贡献。在丹麦，她可以访问图书馆和档案资料，以及爱斯基摩学领域的专家。格陵兰岛的文字记录可以追溯到17世纪。她的研究结果将有助于深入了解格陵兰语在历史时期的发展，从而更好地理解话题性和文本结构，这是语言学研究不足的一个方面。该研究所的主席Fortescue博士是研究格陵兰岛的专家。他制作了一本比较爱斯基摩语词典，对原始爱斯基摩语单词进行了历史重建

9901437BergeThe International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty-four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad.This award will provide Dr. Anna Berge with support for twelve months to work with Dr. Michael Fortescue at the University of Copenhagen, in the Department of Eskimology in Denmark.Dr. Berge is studying the history of Greenlandic, a dialect of the Inuit (Eskimo) language. The vast majority of work on Greenlandic has been produced in Denmark. The Institute of Eskimology is one of the foremost centers of the study of Greenland and Greenlandic. The history of West Greenlandic Eskimo has not been studied to any great extent. This knowledge would make a valuable contribution to historical linguistics. In Denmark, she will have access to library and archival materials, as well as to experts in the field of Eskimology. There are written records of Greenlandic that go back to the 17th century. The results of her research will provide insight into the development of Greenlandic in historic times, which will lead to a better understanding of topicality and text structure, which is an understudied aspect of linguistics. Dr. Fortescue, the Chair of the Institute, is an expert in the study of Greenlandic. He has produced a comparative Eskimo dictionary with historical reconstruction of Proto-Eskimo words.***