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

by Scott Saft (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Scott Saft is professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.