Exploring Multilingual Hawai''i - Language Use and Language Ideologies in a Diverse Society

Through an approach informed by language ecology and linguistic ethnography, this book examines Hawai¿i as a complex multilingual society. Focusing on situated language usage as well as underlying ideological beliefs, the book offers analyses of Hawaiian, Pidgin, Japanese, the languages of Micronesia, and the phenomenon of language mixing.

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Development of Hawai¿i as a Multilingual Society

Chapter 2: Hawaiian: Lost (Almost) and Found

Chapter 3: Pidgin: The Local(s) Voice

Chapter 4: Heteroglossic Language Practice in Hawaiian Society

Chapter 5: The Many Japanese Voices in Hawai¿i

Chapter 6: Ideology and the Latest Arrivals: The Construction of "Filipino" and "Micronesian" in Newspaper Discourse

Conclusion

About the author

Scott Saft is professor of linguistics at the University of Hawai¿i at Hilo.

Summary

Through an approach informed by language ecology and linguistic ethnography, this book examines Hawai?i as a complex multilingual society. Focusing on situated language usage as well as underlying ideological beliefs, the book offers analyses of Hawaiian, Pidgin, Japanese, the languages of Micronesia, and the phenomenon of language mixing.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Saft
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2022
• EAN: 9781498561204
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6120-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Social & cultural anthropology