32.1834, Diss: Aushi; Language Documentation: Author: Troy E Spier: ''Diss Title: A Descriptive Grammar of Ikyaushi''

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Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 13:33:31
From: Troy Spier []
Subject: Diss Title: A Descriptive Grammar of Ikyaushi

 
Institution: Tulane University 
Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Linguistics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2020 

Author: Troy E Spier

Dissertation Title: A Descriptive Grammar of Ikyaushi 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Subject Language(s): Aushi (auh)


Dissertation Director(s):
Charles A Mignot
Judith Marie Maxwell
Olanike Ola Orie

Dissertation Abstract:

The linguistic contexts of the African continent are undoubtedly complex and
quite frequently polemic. In addition to a history of European colonialism,
these are further complicated by matters of ethnic, political, and religious
identity, oftentimes conflating some linguistic distinctions and establishing
others without recourse to the data. A country like Zambia, on the other hand,
which has nationally embraced and promoted ethnolinguistic differences—though
arguably not at the expense of others—realizes extensive language intermixing
that contributes to this complexity. This dissertation attempts to fulfill the
request of the Aushi community of the Lwapula Province, Zambia, to provide an
initial linguistic account of Ikyaushi. Following in the tradition of the
“Boasian Trinity,” this is reached through three separate, though interrelated
tasks, viz. the composition of a descriptive grammar, the development of a
preliminary dictionary, and the compilation of culturally relevant texts. The
descriptive grammar provides an introductory account of the phonetics and
phonology, morphology, and syntax of Ikyaushi, and this account is based
primarily on the analysis of fourteen collected narratives and secondarily
upon naturally observed and elicited data. The narratives were recorded,
transcribed, translated, and analyzed among male and female speakers from or
in Matanda, Mansa, Kabunda, and Mabumba, and these narratives arrive in the
form of fictional stories, trickster tales, a short history of the people, and
descriptions of female initiation, brideprice, engagement procedures, and
traditional education. As such, this dissertation contributes more broadly to
the field of ethnographically- informed Bantu linguistics and provides more
generally an avenue for speakers of Ikyaushi to be empowered, knowing that
their linguistic differences are recorded and available for consideration,
however small or large. Additionally, it is believed that these newly
developed resources will contribute to future pedagogical materials to assist
in literacy efforts among speakers and volunteers in the Lwapula Province.




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