2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Compilation of Coast Tsimshian texts

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19520376
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Linguistics
Research Institution	Osaka Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	SASAMA Fumiko Osaka Gakuin University, 情報学部, 准教授 (60330114)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	海岸ツィムシアン語 / 自然談話テキスト / 北米先住民諸語
Research Abstract	This study aims to compile natural discourse data of Coast Tsimshian, one of the First Nations' languages spoken in Canada, to be used for both linguistic and educational purposes. The texts were originally collected from a proficient speaker of this language who passed away a few years ago. She recorded stories about the latest incidents around her in daily sessions. The texts were transcribed, translated, checked by another speaker, and then provided with glosses. The texts are presented in the following form : orthographical transcriptions, phonemic transcriptions, morpheme-by-morpheme glosses, word-by-word (rough) glosses, and English translations. They are accompanied by an appendix of grammatical notes and sound recordings.

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