Testing the Community Partnership Model through Lokono Language Documentation

扩大代表性不足的群体对科学的参与可以产生变革性的方法论后果。 这就是俄克拉荷马州（诺曼）大学的Racquel Sapien Yamada将通过实施一种新的合作实地工作模式来测试的假设，该模式通过促进一种濒危语言（Lokono）的记录和另一种濒危语言（Kari'nja）的传统使用者（Kari'nja和Lokono（Arawak-arw））的记录来扩展社区包容性实地研究的概念。 他们经常通婚。 关于Lokono和Karinja的数据将阐明这两种语言之间的语言接触过程。 这些数据还将有助于确定Lokono（阿拉瓦坎语系）和Kari'nja（加勒比语系）在其各自语系中的地位。山田和她的团队将记录、分析和描述Lokono的各个方面，以进一步调查这些问题。该项目是鼓励濒危语言社区成员在影响他们的研究中发挥更积极作用的更大运动的前沿。 项目小组将提供培训，为今后的文件编制工作建立当地基础设施。 来自俄克拉荷马州大学的一名研究生将通过参与该项目获得实地研究和国际经验。该项目由美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室的共同基金资助。

Broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in science can have transformative methodological consequences. That is the hypothesis that Racquel Sapien Yamada of the University of Oklahoma (Norman) will test by implementing a new collaborative fieldwork model which extends the notion of community-inclusive field research by facilitating the documentation of one endangered language (Lokono) by native and heritage speakers of another (Kari'nja).Kari'nja and Lokono (Arawak-arw) speakers live side-by-side in the Konomerume village of Suriname. They often intermarry. Data on Lokono and Karinja will elucidate the processes of language contact evidenced between these two languages. The data will also help the place of Lokono (Arawakan family) and Kari'nja (Cariban family) within their respective language families. Yamada and her team will document, analyze, and describe aspects of Lokono to further investigate these issues.This project is at the forefront of a greater movement to encourage members of endangered language communities to play more active roles in research that affects them. The project team will provide training to build local infrastructure for future documentation. A graduate student from the University of Oklahoma will receive field research and international experience through participation in the project.The project is supported by co-funds from the National Science Foundation's International Science and Engineering Office.