# CAREER: Analyzing Determinants in Shaping Language Restoration and Development

> **NSF 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT** · Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno (NV) · $585,362

## Abstract

Language development research often focuses on how communities investigate an ancestral or heritage language in their community. Less theorized within this field are the processes and mechanisms that influence the trajectory efforts over time. The paucity of detailed data and analysis has implications that directly affect ongoing discussions on the nature of language and cognition, and theoretical arguments about the relationship between language and culture. Analysis of the practices associated with the initial stages of language development, therefore, will provide generalizable, empirical data that can test current hypotheses and theoretical discussions on the emergence and formalization of language vis-a-vis their grammatical forms and structures and language as a medium of communication. 

In this multi-year study, the researcher studies the linguistic practices associated with the early stages of understanding language infrastructure, focusing on how these initial determinants shape future trajectories. The project utilizes a combination of methods that include linguistic analyses, observation and interviews, participatory methods, and digital-network analysis, to track how language is introduced as a mode of communication within the community. The findings from this CAREER project inform predictive models on the potential outcomes from language processes. Findings also enable a detailed account of practices that lead to the emergence of new languages and linguistic v

## Key facts

- **NSF award ID:** 2443569
- **Awardee organization:** Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno (NV)
- **SAM.gov UEI:** WLDGTNCFFJZ3
- **PI:** Sandhya K Narayanan
- **Primary program:** 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
- **All programs:** CAREER-Faculty Erly Career Dev, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES, UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, GRADUATE INVOLVEMENT
- **Estimated total:** $585,362
- **Funds obligated:** $585,362
- **Transaction type:** Continuing Grant
- **Period:** 07/01/2025 → 06/30/2030

## Primary source

NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2443569

## Citation

> US National Science Foundation, Award 2443569, CAREER: Analyzing Determinants in Shaping Language Restoration and Development. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nsf/2443569. Licensed CC0.

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