Developing Indigenous scholars, curriculum and language documentation

对于仍有少量发言者的语言，迫切需要不仅记录这些发言者的语言知识，而且向社区、学者和公众提供新的和现有的语言知识，同时支持下一代发言者。该项目解决了对濒危土著语言的这些需求。首先，该项目通过与讲这种语言的人共同开展语言工作，以及对以前学者或公众无法接触到的音频和书面历史语言材料进行整理和注释，来促进文献工作。这些材料将扩展广泛使用的在线词典，并将用于创建第一个带注释的开放获取的语言语料库。其次，该项目将扩大和改进现有的材料，使其更容易获得，同时补充与流利的演讲者合作的更多音频和书面材料。最后，该项目的重点是指导和培训土著语言工作者，为研究生和新近毕业的本科生提供语言培训和研究经验，为未来的土著大学生举办讲习班，并编写语言学课程。除了创建可使用的语言材料和课程开发外，该项目还将促进土著项目人员做出更广泛的科学贡献，使他们有机会通过与演讲者的直接启发和对对话文本的仔细研究来探索与他们自己的研究兴趣有关的语言主题。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

For languages with a small number of speakers remaining, there is an urgent need not only to document the linguistic knowledge of these speakers, but also to make both new and existing linguistic knowledge readily available to the community, scholars, and the public, while supporting the next generation of speakers. This project addresses these needs for an endangered Indigenous language. First, this project contributes to documentation through linguistic work with living speakers of the language, and through curating and annotating audio and written historical language materials that have not been previously accessible to scholars or the public. These materials will expand a widely-used online dictionary and will be used to create the first annotated open-access linguistic corpus of the language. Second, the project will expand and improve existing materials and make them more accessible, while supplementing with additional audio and written materials from work with fluent speakers. Finally, the project focuses on mentoring and training Indigenous language workers by providing linguistic training and research experience for graduate students and recent undergraduates, developing a workshop for prospective Indigenous college students, and developing linguistics coursework. Beyond the creation of accessible language materials and curriculum development, the project will facilitate the broader scientific contributions of Indigenous project personnel, giving them an opportunity to explore linguistic topics related to their own research interests through direct elicitation with speakers and close study of conversational texts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.