The Function of Syntax in a Polysynthetic Language of Eskimo

1)2006年6月在俄罗斯托木斯克举行的欧洲、北亚和中亚第三语言(Lenca-3)会议上，在全体会议(邀请讲座)上朗读了《阿拉斯加中部尤皮克语(爱斯基摩语)中复句的形态策略》(邀请讲座)。目前正在准备由John Benjamins出版公司(阿姆斯特丹)出版，由Edward Bajda担任编辑。讲义共24页。2)2006年10月，在法国巴黎举行的第十五届因纽特科学会议上，宣读了“阿拉斯加中部尤皮克的及物性比较结构”。这次会议的论文目前正在准备由约翰·本贾明斯出版公司(阿姆斯特丹)出版，由Nicole Tersis担任编辑。3)此外，继续开展编写阿拉斯加中部尤皮克人详尽参考语法的长期项目，现已完成约1100页的初步手稿，预计将在不久的将来出版。

The main research results include two papers presented at international conferences, whose handouts are printed in the accompanying research report :1) At the third Languages of Europe, North and Central Asia (LENCA-3) held at Tomsk, Russia in June, 2006, "Morphological Strategies for 'Complex Sentences' in Central Alaskan Yupik (Eskimo), a Polysynthetic Language of the Non-slot Type" was read at the Plenary Session (invitation lecture). It is now being prepared for publication from John Benjamins Publishing Company (Amsterdam) under the editorship of Edward Bajda. Handout was presented of 24 pages.2) At the fifteenth Inuit Science Conference held at Paris, France in October 2006, "Transitive Comparative Constructions in Central Alaskan Yupik" was read. The papers from this conference are now being prepared for publication from John Benjamins Publishing Company (Amsterdam) under the editorship of Nicole Tersis. Handout was presented of 11 pages.3) In addition, the long-term project of finishing an exhaustive reference grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik was continued, now completing a preliminary manuscript of about 1100 pages, which is expected to be ready for publication in the near future.