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

By Scott Saft

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498561209
• ISBN13: 9781498561204
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"