Scott Saft

Exploring Multilingual Hawai'i

Language Use and Language Ideologies in a Diverse Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781498561181
• ISBN-10: 1498561187
• Artikelnr.: 55457953

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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