Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Text-Based Grammar of Tulu

在安东尼伍德伯里博士的监督下，Malavika Shetty女士将致力于为她的博士论文记录南印度所说的图卢语。杜鲁语（Tulu）是一种达罗毗荼语，主要使用于印度卡纳塔克邦的南卡纳拉地区。估计有150万人说图卢语，位于南坎纳拉地区及其周围。该项目将采用的主要研究方法是：（一）根据历史、神话和宗教叙事以及民歌的录音和录像资料分析文本，这些资料已在位于南卡纳拉的卡纳塔克邦民间表演艺术区域资源中心收集和存档;（二）分析自然发生的言语事件的录音和录像资料;（iii）与其他母语人士磋商。该项目的产品将是一个基于文本的语法的共同方言的图卢。本文将采用以语篇和语篇为中心的数据收集方法，对语言中分布更广、研究相对较少的共同方言进行描述。该项目产生的语法将提供宝贵的语言数据，以评估Tulu在南达罗毗荼语系中的地位，并将有助于重建原始达罗毗荼语。母语人士、语言学家、人类学家、社会学家、教育工作者和课程规划者都可以使用该语法，并将为今后的教学材料奠定基础，以帮助保护图卢语。由于语言是文化的一个核心方面，因此，记录图卢等少数民族语言并为编写教学材料提供基础，对于维护语言至关重要。

Under the supervision of Dr. Anthony Woodbury, Ms. Malavika Shetty will work towards documenting the Tulu language spoken in South India for her doctoral dissertation. Tulu is a Dravidian language largely spoken in the South Kannara region in the state of Karnataka in India. There are an estimated 1.5 million speakers of Tulu located in and around the South Kannara region. The main research methodologies that will be used for this project are (i) the analysis of texts based on audio and video recordings of historical, mythological, and religious narratives and folk songs that have been collected and archived at the Regional Resources Center for Folk Performing Arts in Karnataka (RRC) located in South Kannara; (ii) the analysis of audio and video recordings of naturally-occurring speech events; (iii) consultation with other native speakers. The product of the project will be a text-based grammar of the common dialect of Tulu. The dissertation will provide a description of the more widespread and relatively- unstudied common dialect of the language by using a textual and discourse-centered approach for data collection. The grammar produced by this project will provide valuable linguistic data to assess Tulu's place in the South Dravidian language family and will be useful for the reconstruction of Proto-Dravidian. The grammar will be accessible to native speakers, linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, educators, and curriculum planners and will provide a foundation on which to base future pedagogical materials that will aid in the preservation of the Tulu language. Since language is a central aspect of culture, documenting minority languages like Tulu and providing a basis for creating pedagogical materials are crucial for language maintenance.