Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: Doctoral Dissertation Research: Menominee Metrical Structure

论文研究改进补助金：博士论文研究：梅诺米尼度量结构

• 批准号: 0132926
• 负责人: Monica Macaulay
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-06-01 至 2003-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0132926&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Improvement; Grants; Doctoral

Under the direction of Drs. Monica Macaulay and Thomas Purnell, Ms. Marianne Milligan will conduct fieldwork for her doctoral dissertation. She will work with the remaining speakers of Menominee, an endangered language spoken on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin. Her dissertation emphasizes the metrical structure of Menominee, in particular the placement of accent and the pattern of long and short vowels. The topic is theoretically interesting because Menominee's metrical rules are very unusual. These rules have received several different theoretical analyses, one of which is used as evidence against certain current trends in linguistic theory. However, all analyses of Menominee metrical structure are based on the published works of American linguist Leonard Bloomfield, and so inherit various problems his work contains. First, while his grammar is considered one of the most comprehensive descriptions of an Amerindian language, it was completed after his death by another linguist. It is thus contradictory in places. Second, because Bloomfield used a standardized spelling system rather than phonetic transcription, his work does not show variation in pronunciation. Theoretical claims about Menominee require more accurate description of the data. This project's data will also be used in pedagogical materials for the tribe's language preservation programs. All materials recorded on audiotape will be transferred to CD for archiving purposes, distribution to tribal organizations, and acoustic analysis. This research is significant in two ways. First, it will extend research on Menominee metrical structure by providing both an accurate description and a theoretical analysis of the Menominee data. Understanding the unusual metrical structure of Menominee will not only add to our general understanding of human language, but the issues raised by these data may also affect current debates within linguistic theory. Second, the language teaching materials that this project will contribute to producing, such as tapes of stories with accompanying text, tapes of vocabulary items, and grammatical lessons, will be used in the tribe's efforts to retain the language and culture in the schools on their reservation.

在Drs的指导下。莫妮卡·麦考雷（Monica Macaulay）和托马斯·普内尔（Thomas Purnell），玛丽安·米利根（Marianne Milligan）女士将进行博士学位论文的实地调查。她将与其余的Menominee的发言人一起工作，Menominee是一种关于威斯康星州Menominee保留地的濒危语言。她的论文强调了Menominee的度量结构，尤其是口音的位置和长元音的模式。从理论上讲，这个话题很有趣，因为Menominee的度量规则非常不寻常。这些规则已经收到了几种不同的理论分析，其中之一被用作反对语言理论中某些当前趋势的证据。但是，对Menominee度量结构的所有分析均基于美国语言学家伦纳德·布卢姆菲尔德（Leonard Bloomfield）的出版作品，因此继承了他的作品所包含的各种问题。首先，虽然他的语法被认为是对美洲印第安语言最全面的描述之一，但它是由另一位语言学家去世后完成的。因此，它在某些地方是矛盾的。其次，由于Bloomfield使用了标准化的拼写系统，而不是语音转录，因此他的作品没有显示出发音的变化。关于Menominee的理论主张需要对数据进行更准确的描述。该项目的数据也将用于部落语言保存计划的教学材料中。记录在录音带上的所有材料将被转移到CD，以进行归档目的，分配给部落组织以及声学分析。 这项研究在两种方面都很重要。首先，它将通过提供准确的描述和对Menominee数据的理论分析来扩展对Menominee度量结构的研究。了解Menominee的异常度量结构不仅会增加我们对人类语言的一般理解，而且这些数据提出的问题也可能影响语言理论中的当前辩论。其次，该项目将有助于制作的语言教学材料，例如随附文本的故事磁带，词汇录音带和语法课程，将在部落的努力中使用，以保留学校中的语言和文化的努力。预订。