Da Kine Talk
| Author | : Elizabeth Ball Carr |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2019-03-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780824881245 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0824881249 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (249 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Da Kine Talk by : Elizabeth Ball Carr
Download or read book Da Kine Talk written by Elizabeth Ball Carr and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawaii is without parallel as a crossroads where languages of East and West have met and interacted. The varieties of English (including neo-pidgin) heard in 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 West in learning to communicate in English.
