1976 University of Hawaii. Sm.4to., 653pp., wraps. VG.

A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings

Science & Math

et.al.

H.W. Menard

Edwin L. Hamilton

Harry S. Ladd

Joshua I. Tracey, Jr.

J.P. Eaton

K.J. Murata

Chester K. Wentworth

Ralph Moberly, Jr.

Nature & Ecology

The University Press of Hawaii

Hawaii is without parallel as a crossroads where languages of East and West have met and interacted. The varieties of English (including neo-idgin) heard the Islands today attest to this linguistic and cultural encounter. 'Da kine talk' is the island term for the most popular of the colorful dialectal forms - speech that captures the flavor of Hawaii's multiracial community and reflects the successes (and failures) of immigrants from both East and Wet in learning to communicate in English. As the parade of newcomers arrived in Hawaii, marked changes in the English taught by the missionaries appeared - loanwords and intonations from Japan, Portugal, China, Korea, and the Philippines were added to the host of Hawaiian words already in use. Da Kin Talk, Part 1, gives a brief history of the early plantation pidgin and presents examples of the speech patterns of nine Island speakers who represent five levels of achievement in spoken English, Spelling, phonetic notation, and a simple method of marking stress and pitch enable the reader to follow the text with the characteristic intonation and emphasis of the speakers. Part II, 'Vocabulary in a Multilingual Community,' offers an up-to-date list of loanwords from the several languages heard in Hawaii which, because hey provide additional synonyms for conversation and writing, appeal particularly to speakers of standard English. The colorful loanblend is introduced, a double word put together from two different languages, resulting in apt expressions such as 'political shibai', hulihuli chicken, hanai child, and a host of others.

Da Kine Talk: From Pidgin to Standard English in Hawaii

Reference

Elizabeth Ball Carr

Words, Language & Grammar

The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima

Literature & Fiction

Petersen, Gwenn Boardman

History & Criticism

Discourse on the natural theology of the Chinese (Monograph of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy ; 4)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Religion & Spirituality

Description: Sm 4to., 9.5 x 8., 192 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A lively picture of the Hawaii shipping trades--from nineteenth century wood schooners to the huge containerships of today. Detailed bibliography and appendix with Matson ship data.

Cargoes: Matson's first century in the Pacific (A Kolowalu book)

Worden, William L.

Hawai'i Hawai'i (A Kolowalu Book)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

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