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Publication details [#26150]

Romaine, Suzanne. 1994. Hawai´i Creole English as a literary language. Language in Society 23 (4) : 527–554.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

creole | language and culture | literary language | nationalism

Language as a subject

English, Hawai'i Creole

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper discusses the problems related to the use of Hawai'i Creole English (HCE), which has no writing system of its own, as a successful written medium for literary purposes. This literary activity must be related to cultural and political Hawaiian nationalism.