DISSERTATION RESEARCH: A Grammar of Betta Kurumba

990801伍德伯里这笔资金用于语言学博士论文的研究。本论文将主要对斗鱼的音系进行详细的描写和分析，并辅以对其形态的描写。贝塔·库伦巴语是印度南部尼尔吉里山脉(又称尼尔吉斯人)不到1000人使用的一种德拉维亚语。该项目预计将对以下方面具有重要意义：(A)对迄今为止研究不足的贝塔·库伦巴语进行记录和描述；(B)通过对一种语言的个案研究，了解世界不同语言音系之间的相似和差异；(C)记录尼尔吉里土著民族的口述文学；项目工作涉及在尼尔吉里斯地区进行为期一年的实地研究，这是一个居住着大量Betta Kurumba社区的地区。收集的数据将包括Betta Kurumba单词和句子的引出列表，以及Betta Kurumba的故事和自然发生的对话。这些数据将主要通过录音带记录，但也将对对话、讲故事和仪式中的自然话语进行补充录像带记录，以帮助分析和记录。

9908001WoodburyThis grant funds research leading to a doctoral dissertation in Linguistics. The dissertation will consist primarily of a detailed description and analysis of the phonology of Betta Kurumba, supplemented with a description of its morphology. Betta Kurumba is a Dravidian language spoken by fewer than 1000 people in the Nilgiri Mountains (also called the Nilgiris) in southern India.The project is expected to have significance for (a) the documentation and description of Betta Kurumba, a language on which insufficient research has been done so far; (b) an understanding of the similarities and differences among phonological systems in the world's diverse languages, by contributing a case study of one language; (c) documentation of the oral literature of an indigenous ethnic group in the Nilgiris; and (d) the promotion of language maintenance and native-language literacy among members of a minority ethnic group.Project work involves a year of field research in Theppakadu, a region in the Nilgiris where a substantial number of the Betta Kurumba community live. The data gathered will consist of elicited lists of Betta Kurumba words and sentences, as well as stories and naturally occurring conversations in Betta Kurumba. The data will be primarily recorded through audio-tapes, but supplementary video-tape recordings of natural discourse in conversations, story-telling sessions, and ceremonial rituals will also be made as an aid for analysis and documentation.