A Menominee-English/English-Menominee Dictionary

梅诺米尼-英语/英语-梅诺米尼词典

• 批准号: 0235873
• 负责人: Monica Macaulay
• 金额: $ 35万
• 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: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-03-15 至 2007-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0235873&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Menominee; English; Dictionary

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Monica Macaulay and Ms. Marianne Milligan will conduct three years of research on Menominee, an endangered Algonquian language spoken in northeastern Wisconsin. They will create and publish a set of bilingual dictionaries. These will be derived from a computer database with grammatical notes, morphological analysis, and cultural information on Menominee. Because much of this information is unnecessary and even potentially distracting for some audiences, the database will be coded in such a way that several different dictionaries can be produced from it. At least three will be produced: one serving child learners, one serving language teachers and adult learners, and one serving scholars interested in the complete analysis of the entries. Each format will be produced in both printed and electronic form. The electronic versions will offer versatility unavailable in the printed versions. But because some audiences do not have access to computers, printed versions of the dictionaries are necessary, especially for the classroom.This project will contribute significantly to scholarly work on Algonquian languages and, at the same time, provide the Menominee tribe with a much-needed tool for preserving their highly endangered language. There is currently no satisfactory dictionary resource available for language learners, teachers, and scholars interested in Menominee and historical or comparative research on other Algonquian languages. Thus, development of dictionaries for different audiences is urgently needed. The flexibility of the database will maximize the usefulness of this project, enabling the production of dictionaries for different levels and types of users.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，莫妮卡·麦考利博士和玛丽安·米利根女士将对梅诺米尼语进行为期三年的研究，梅诺米尼语是威斯康星州东北部使用的一种濒临灭绝的阿尔冈昆语言。他们将创建并出版一套双语词典。这些信息将源自计算机数据库，其中包含有关梅诺米尼的语法注释、形态分析和文化信息。由于其中大部分信息是不必要的，甚至可能会分散某些受众的注意力，因此数据库将以可以从中生成几种不同词典的方式进行编码。至少将产生三份：一名服务儿童学习者，一名服务语言教师和成人学习者，以及一名对条目完整分析感兴趣的服务学者。每种格式都将以印刷版和电子版形式制作。电子版本将提供印刷版本所不具备的多功能性。但由于一些受众无法使用计算机，因此需要印刷版词典，尤其是在课堂上。该项目将为阿尔冈昆语言的学术工作做出重大贡献，同时为梅诺米尼部落提供更多的信息。保护高度濒危语言所需的工具。目前还没有令人满意的词典资源可供对梅诺米尼语以及其他阿尔冈昆语言的历史或比较研究感兴趣的语言学习者、教师和学者使用。因此，迫切需要开发适合不同受众的词典。数据库的灵活性将最大限度地发挥该项目的实用性，从而能够为不同级别和类型的用户制作词典。