Author: George Robert CarterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
(In all languages except Hawaiiana)
Author: George Robert CarterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Hawaiian Language
Author: Albert J. SchützPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824869834
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Hawaiian Language: Past, Present, Future presents aspects of Hawaiian and its history that are rarely treated in language classes. The major characters in this book make up a diverse cast: Dutch merchants, Captain Cook’s naturalist and philologist William Anderson, ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia (the inspiration for the Hawaiian Mission), the American lexicographer Noah Webster, philologists in New England, missionary-linguists and their Hawaiian consultants, and many minor players. The account begins in prehistory, placing the probable origins of the ancestor of Polynesian languages in mainland Asia. An evolving family tree reflects the linguistic changes that took place as these people moved east. The current versions are examined from a Hawaiian-centered point of view, comparing the sound system of the language with those of its major relatives in the Polynesian triangle. More recent historical topics begin with the first written samples of a Polynesian language in 1616, which led to the birth of the idea of a widespread language family. The next topic is how the Hawaiian alphabet was developed. The first efforts suffered from having too many letters, a problem that was solved in 1826 through brilliant reasoning by its framers and their Hawaiian consultants. The opposite problem was that the alphabet didn’t have enough letters: analysts either couldn’t hear or misinterpreted the glottal stop and long vowels. The end product of the development of the alphabet—literacy—is more complicated than some statistics would have us believe. As for its success or failure, both points of view, from contemporary observers, are presented. Still, it cannot be denied that literacy had a tremendous and lasting effect on Hawaiian culture. The last part of the book concentrates on the most-used Hawaiian reference works—dictionaries. It describes current projects that combine print and manuscript collections on a searchable website. These projects can include the growing body of material that is being made available through recent and ongoing research. As for the future, a proposed monolingual dictionary would allow users to avoid an English bridge to understanding, and move directly to a definition that includes Hawaiian cultural features and a Hawaiian worldview.
The Literary Digest
Author: Grammar of the Hawaiian Language
Author: Lorrin AndrewsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Michigan Law Review
Author: Statute Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha III
Author: HawaiiAnnual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society
Author: Hawaiian Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Many of the reports include papers.
Exploring Multilingual Hawai'i
Author: Scott SaftPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498561195
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Through an approach informed by language ecology and linguistic ethnography, this book examines Hawaiʻi 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.
Hawaii U.S.A.
Author: Will SabinReports of Decisions Rendered by the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands
Author: Hawaii. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description