English in the Linguistic Transformation of Hawaii: Literacy, Languages and Discourse.

Buck, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ363635

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Publication Date: 1986

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English in the Linguistic Transformation of Hawaii: Literacy, Languages and Discourse.

Buck, Elizabeth

World Englishes, v5 n2-3 p141-52 Win 1986

Discusses the language and linguistic transformation of Hawaii, viewing language as socially constitutive, creative, and recreative and pointing out similarities between the language transformation and the Western penetration of Hawaii. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Acculturation, English (Second Language), Hawaiian, Language Attitudes, Literacy, Political Power, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Western Civilization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hawaii

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