Microvariation in Bantu languages of South Africa: building theories from typology data

该项目的第二年有多个子部分：(a)远程数据收集，(b)两次实地数据收集，以及(c)为期两天的赠款成员讲习班。AY2022的主要目标是收集项目中9种班图语言的可比基线数据。数据集由从Swadesh表中获得的名词、动词和形容词构建而成。记录了这些词在高音调和低音调上下文中的产生。远程数据收集是由两名说南恩德贝莱语的人进行的，他们参加了在线会议。助理们能够通过与演讲者的积极互动来体验远程实地工作。2022年12月在Thohoyandou对西松加和Tshivenda进行了实地考察，在Lenyenye对北索托进行了实地考察。每个参与者在这个项目中要读700多个句子。来自30位发言者的数据在两个月内被处理。2023年3月，在南恩德贝莱的Mbombela和西斯瓦蒂的Thohoyandou进行了实地考察。IsiXhosa和isiZulu的数据也被收集，正在处理中。在2023年3月的研讨会上，所有成员都出席了在约翰内斯堡举行的面对面会议。在为期两天的研讨会中，大家分享了研究课题，并制定了数据处理计划和项目规划。在AY2022年，进行了3次会议报告和1次特邀演讲。

The second year of the project had multiple subparts: (a) remote data collection, (b) two field data collection, and (c) a two-day workshop of the grant members. The main aim of AY2022 was to collect a comparable baseline data across 9 Bantu languages in the project. Data sets were constructed from nouns, verbs and adjectives obtained from the Swadesh list. Production of these words in high tone and low tone contexts was recorded. The remote data collection was conducted with two Southern Ndebele speakers who joined the online sessions. Assistants were able to experience remote fieldwork by actively interacting with the speakers. The fieldwork in December 2022 was conducted in Thohoyandou for Xitsonga and Tshivenda, and Lenyenye for Northern Sotho. Each participant read more than 700 sentences for the project. Data from 30 speakers were processed within two months. In March 2023, fieldwork in Mbombela for Southern Ndebele, and Thohoyandou for Siswati was conducted. IsiXhosa and isiZulu data was also collected, which is being processed. At the workshop in March 2023, all the members were present in a face-to-face meeting in Johannesburg. During the 2-day workshop, research topics were shared and plan for data processing as well as project planning was made. In AY2022, 3 conference presentations and 1 invited talk were delivered.