Doctoral Dissertation Research: Descriptive and Comparative Study of Akuntsu

该项目支持Carolina Aragon的博士论文的田野工作和研究，以编制一份全面的Akuntú语法，Akuntú是巴西朗多尼亚的一种单语者所说的图比亚语。直到最近，阿肯图人还是一个与世隔绝的土著群体，但现在，由于一场种族灭绝大屠杀，只剩下五名发言者。这使得阿肯图族的语言濒临灭绝。这个项目的主要目标是提供一种全面的语言语法，将从语言类型学和当前的语言学理论中获得信息。Akuntsú的语法描述将有助于我们理解图帕里亚族的类型学特征，并有助于一般的语言类型学。最终，它还将有助于原始图帕里安的重建，并对原始图帕里安产生影响。还将制作其他纪录片材料；例如，将记录和存档阿肯图文化和历史的重要方面，这些重要方面尽管经历了创伤，但仍然幸存下来。语言、人种学和词典材料的记录和制作不仅对于表现语言的结构，而且对于揭示阿肯图人看待和理解他们的世界的方式都是重要的。作为长期目标的一部分，将创建教学材料，并最终扩展词典，以制作一本有声词典。通过研究一个仍像其祖先一样生活的群体，该项目将为对亚马逊原住民及其文化多样性的研究感兴趣的科学领域做出贡献。普通公众还将受益于获得数据和材料，这些数据和材料不仅与语言学有关，而且与有兴趣更多地了解巴西土著语言、社会和文化的学者有关。

This project supports the fieldwork and research for Carolina Aragon's doctoral dissertation to produce a comprehensive grammar of Akuntsú, a Tupían language spoken by monolinguals in Rondônia, Brazil. Until recently the Akuntsú people were an isolated indigenous group, but now, because of a genocidal massacre, there are only five remaining speakers. This has left Akuntsú a critically endangered language. This project's main goal is to provide a comprehensive grammar of the language which will be informed by language typology and current linguistic theory. The grammatical description of Akuntsú will contribute to our understanding of the typological traits of the Tuparían subfamily and to linguistic typology in general. Ultimately it will also contribute to the reconstruction of Proto-Tuparían, with implications for Proto-Tupían. Other documentary materials will also be produced; for example, important aspects of Akuntsú culture and history that have survived despite of the traumatic past will be recorded and archived. Documentation and production of linguistic, ethnographic, and lexicographic materials will be important not only to represent the structure of the language, but also to reveal the way that Akuntsú people see and understand their world. As part of a long-term goal, pedagogical materials will be created and the dictionary will be expanded ultimately to produce a talking dictionary.By studying a group that still lives as its ancestors did, this project will provide contributions for scientific fields interested in the study of Amazonian native inhabitants and their cultural diversity. The general public will also benefit from having access to data and materials which will not only be relevant for linguistics, but also to scholars interested in learning more about Brazilian indigenous languages, society, and culture.