Aleut Syntax and Discourse

阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯的安娜伯格博士提出的研究计划是对当代阿留申语进行初步的描述性语言学研究。 阿留申语是阿留申群岛、阿拉斯加和俄罗斯的一种濒危语言。 以前记录的阿留申语的描述是古典阿留申语，在与非本地人接触发生实质性变化之前。 这些文本太难了，对当代的使用者或阿留申人社区正在进行的计划中的语言振兴项目没有用处。 拟议的项目是一个长期的语言文件，振兴和教育计划的研究人员和她所工作的社区设想的开始。

The proposed research by Dr. Anna Berge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks is to undertake initial descriptive linguistic research on the contemporary Aleut language. Aleut is the severely endangered language spoken on the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and Russia. Previous recorded descriptions of the Aleut language have been of classical Aleut, before substantial changes occurred through contact with non-Natives. Such texts are too difficult to be useful to contemporary speakers or for the planned language revitalization projects occurring in Aleut communities. The proposed project is the beginning of a long-term language documentation, revitalization, and education program envisioned by the researcher and the communities with which she works.