Author: George Pratt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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Author: George Pratt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Author: Papaāliʻi Semisi Maʻiaʻi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Samoan language
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Author: Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824831314
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Gagana Samoa is a modern Samoan language resource. Designed for both classroom and personal use, it features a methodical approach suitable for all ages; an emphasis on patterns of speech and communication through practice and examples; 10 practical dialogues covering everyday social situations; an introduction to the wider culture of fa‘asamoa through photographs; more than 150 exercises to reinforce comprehension; a glossary of all Samoan words used in the coursebook; and oral skills supplemented with audio files available on a separate CD or for download or streaming on the web.

Author: Ulrike Mosel
Publisher: Better English Language Teaching
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Author: Robert Dean Craig
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313069468
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Prior to 1500 A.D. the Polynesians were the most widely spread people on earth, having settled an area of the Pacific, the Polynesian Triangle, twice the size of the United States. In this first reference guide to the mythology of these Vikings of the Pacific, Craig reviews Polynesian legends, stories, gods, goddesses, and heroes in hundreds of alphabetical entries that succinctly describe both characters and events. His wide-ranging and thorough introduction sets the subject in its geographic, historical, anthropological, and linguistic contexts, offering an illuminating overview of the origin of the Polynesians as a distinct people and tracing their voyages and settlements from Indonesia to Malaysia, Tonga, Samoa, the Marquesas, the various islands of eastern Polynesia, including Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand. The introduction presents fascinating information on Polynesian navigational skills and the voyages themselves, as well as a chart that details the evolution of the thirty Polynesian languages and compares cognates from several of these languages. A simplified pronunciation guide and a selected list of Polynesian dictionaries and/or grammars are provided for those interested in pursuing the richness of the Polynesian languages. This introductory survey gives readers the necessary background to understand the origin, development, and dispersion of the myths throughout the Pacific basin. The Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology is the result of many years of research. The individual entries were gleaned from nearly 300 sources in English, German, French, and Polynesian languages with the majority extracted from a number of primary sources that date generally in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The printed source materials for this volume are fully described and listed by geographical group, including Maori, Cook Islands, Tahitian, Marquesan, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan. General collections that retell the Polynesian stories are also surveyed. The entries are alphabetically arranged by major mythological figure; lesser characters can be located in the index. Short bibliographical citations--author, date, and page number--are included at the end of each main entry to direct readers to fuller information contained in the printed sources. An appendix provides valuable supplemental information on Polynesian gods and goddesses. This dictionary is sure to become a basic reference tool for libraries, students, and scholars of Pacific history and culture, as well as for courses in mythology, religion, and philosophy.

Author:
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110124217
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1058

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Author: Kahikāhealani Wight
Publisher: Bess Press
ISBN: 9781573062398
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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The new pocket edition is an ideal resource for beginning speakers and students of the Hawaiian language or anyone interested in Hawaiian language, history, and culture. Illustrated with line drawings, it includes over 5,000 entries in Hawaiian and English, an additional 2,500 synonyms and related words and phrases, grammar notes, and thousands of example sentences in both Hawaiian and English that illustrate practical and cultural uses of the language.

Author: Jahri Jah Jah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994142566
Category : Colors
Languages : en
Pages :

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Lists common words and phrases, in English and Korean.

Author: Malama Meleisea
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820200296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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A history from writers from Western Samoa, examining thematically the influences of European settlers, the churches, German and NZ colonialism and the background to Western Samoa's independence. This short history is written for the general reader and for senior high school and university students seeking an overview of Samoan history. First published in 1987 and last reprinted in 2003. This is a reissue of the 2003 edition for 2018.