A Menominee-English/English-Menominee Dictionary

在国家科学基金会的支持下，莫妮卡·麦考利博士和玛丽安·米利根女士将对梅诺米尼语进行为期三年的研究。梅诺米尼语是威斯康星州东北部一种濒危的阿尔冈昆语。他们将创建并出版一套双语词典。这些将从计算机数据库中获得，其中包括语法注释、词法分析和关于Menominee的文化信息。由于这些信息中的许多都是不必要的，甚至可能会分散一些受众的注意力，因此数据库的编码方式将使其可以生成几个不同的词典。至少将产生三名学生：一名服务于儿童学习者，一名服务于语言教师和成人学习者，一名服务于对词条的完整分析感兴趣的学者。每种格式都将以印刷和电子形式制作。电子版将提供印刷版所不具备的多功能性。但由于一些受众无法使用计算机，因此需要印刷版本的词典，特别是对于教室。这个项目将对阿尔冈昆语的学术工作做出重大贡献，同时为Menominee部落提供一个急需的工具，以保护他们高度濒危的语言。目前还没有令人满意的词典资源，供对梅诺米尼和其他阿尔冈琴语言的历史或比较研究感兴趣的语言学习者、教师和学者使用。因此，迫切需要开发适合不同受众的词典。数据库的灵活性将最大限度地发挥该项目的作用，使其能够为不同层次和类型的用户编制词典。

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Monica Macaulay and Ms. Marianne Milligan will conduct three years of research on Menominee, an endangered Algonquian language spoken in northeastern Wisconsin. They will create and publish a set of bilingual dictionaries. These will be derived from a computer database with grammatical notes, morphological analysis, and cultural information on Menominee. Because much of this information is unnecessary and even potentially distracting for some audiences, the database will be coded in such a way that several different dictionaries can be produced from it. At least three will be produced: one serving child learners, one serving language teachers and adult learners, and one serving scholars interested in the complete analysis of the entries. Each format will be produced in both printed and electronic form. The electronic versions will offer versatility unavailable in the printed versions. But because some audiences do not have access to computers, printed versions of the dictionaries are necessary, especially for the classroom.This project will contribute significantly to scholarly work on Algonquian languages and, at the same time, provide the Menominee tribe with a much-needed tool for preserving their highly endangered language. There is currently no satisfactory dictionary resource available for language learners, teachers, and scholars interested in Menominee and historical or comparative research on other Algonquian languages. Thus, development of dictionaries for different audiences is urgently needed. The flexibility of the database will maximize the usefulness of this project, enabling the production of dictionaries for different levels and types of users.