Versification and Reiteration in Hawai'i Creole English: "If nomo paila moen, awrai!".

Masuda, Hirokuni

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Publication Date: 1995

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Versification and Reiteration in Hawai'i Creole English: "If nomo paila moen, awrai!"

Masuda, Hirokuni

World Englishes, v14 n3 p317-42 Nov 1995

This article examines rule-governed characteristics of Hawai'i Creole English (HCE) by applying Hyme's Verse Analysis to its discourse processes. Focusing on versification and reiteration, the article concludes that the narrative structure of HCE is poetic and metrical, and that these structures might constitute part of narrative grammar in creole languages. Contains 74 references. (MDM)

Descriptors: Creoles, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Structural Linguistics

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Language: English

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