Chapter 3
English in Saipan
Historical, cultural, and sociolinguistic development
Article outline
- 3.1The pre-Anglophone historical period
- 3.1.1The ancient Chamorros and first Western contacts
- 3.1.2The Spanish period
- 3.1.3The German period
- 3.1.4The Japanese period
- 3.2The Anglophone historical period
- 3.2.1US Navy military government
- 3.2.2The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
- 3.2.3The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- 3.2.3.1Period I: Initial boom
- 3.2.3.2Period II: Recession
- 3.2.3.3Period III: Recovery
- 3.3Current demography
- 3.4Indigenous languages
- 3.4.1The Chamorro language
- 3.4.2The Saipanese Carolinian language
- 3.5Culture
- 3.5.1Chamorros
- 3.5.2Saipan Carolinians
- 3.6The education system
- 3.7The media
- 3.8Languages in the Marianas
- 3.9Language attitudes
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