Hirokuni Masuda

Masuda, Hirokuni 2002 Narrative representation theory: A Creole-linguistic approach to superstructure Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 17:1, pp. 49–100 | Article

Masuda, Hirokuni 1999 Verse Analysis and the Nature of Creole Discourse: Universals and Substrata Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 14:2, pp. 285–337 | Article

This research applies Verse Analysis to the study of creole languages seeking evidence to support the two principal theories: universalist and sub-stratist theories. Evidence is presented from Hawaii Creole English (HCE), Guyanese Creole, and Japanese. HCE manifests in discourse a possibly… read more

Masuda, Hirokuni 1999 Review of Sonomura (1996): Idiomaticity in the basic writing of American English: Formulas and idioms in the writing of multilingual and creole-speaking community college students in Hawaii Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 14:1, pp. 167–171 | Review

Masuda, Hirokuni 1999 Exploration of the Trinary Components in Creole Discourse: Universals, Substrata, and Superstrata Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato, Rickford, John R. and Suzanne Romaine (eds.), pp. 373 ff. | Article

Masuda, Hirokuni 1995 Tsr Formation as a Discourse Substratum in Hawaii Creole English Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 10:2, pp. 253–288 | Article

Hawaii Creole English presents a particular type of utterance structure, the "dollar utterance," which might be regarded as ill-formed in terms of the form-meaning coalition in Standard English (SE). Nonetheless, such an utterance seems to reflect an underlying discourse process in which three… read more

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