SGER: Exploratory Field Work on Reefs-Santa Cruz Languages

这笔赠款支持对西太平洋所罗门群岛的圣克鲁斯群岛进行为期五周的实地考察，以调查对那里使用的一种非南岛语（“巴布亚语”）进行更广泛实地考察的可能性。这些语言中有三种尚未被描述过，但却引起了相当大的兴趣。首先，它们是最东部的巴布亚语言，与最近的巴布亚语言相隔250多英里，并且充其量与其他语言只有很小的关系。其次，虽然他们通常被归类为非南岛语族，但他们也被恰当地归类为混合语言：他们的基本词汇和许多语法语素的一半是南岛语族。最后，这些语言的使用者人数很少，可能被认为是濒危语言。长期目标是对这些语言进行实地考察。

This grant supports an initial five-week field trip to the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands of the Western Pacific, to investigate the possibilities of conducting more extensive fieldwork on one of the non-Austronesian ('Papuan') languages spoken there. Three of these languages, which have not yet been described, are of considerable interest. First, they are the easternmost Papuan languages, separated by over 250 miles from the closest Papuan languages, and are at best only remotely related to other languages. Second, while they are generally classified as non-Austronesian, they are also appropriately classified as mixed languages: half of their basic vocabulary and many of the grammatical morphemes are Austronesian. Finally, these languages have a small number of speakers and may be considered endangered. The long-range goal is to conduct fieldwork on these languages.