Da Kine Talk From Pidgin to Standard English in Hawaii / With a chapter by Dong Jae Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Elizabeth Ball.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pidgin English--Hawaii.

Pidgin English.

English language--Foreign elements.

English language.

English language--Hawaii.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Honolulu] University Press of Hawaii, 1972.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Da Kine Talk

DA KINE TALK

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Varieties of Speech in Hawaii

Introduction

TYPES OF SPEECH

PHONETIC NOTATION

notation for stress and intonation

Speech of the Immigrants: Type I

RECOLLECTIONS OF KOREA AND OF EARLY DAYS IN HAWAII

PHONOLOGY

phonological distortions

intonation

GRAMMAR

the part-of-speech system

grammatical categories

functors

construction types

SUMMARY

The Early Creole Remnant: Type II

DESCRIPTION OF WAIPIO VALLEY, ISLAND OF HAWAII

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Talking Da Kine: Type III

CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS

consonants

vowels

VOCABULARY

Hawaiian Near-standard English: Type IV

WORD SKETCH OF ONE OF THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS FROM MADEIRA

SUMMARY: NONSTANDARD TYPES

Hawaiian Standard English: Type V

FROM SCIENCE TO NATIONAL POLITICS

OTHER FEATURES

THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S FIRST DEBATE

PHONOLOGY AND ORAL STYLE

Vocabulary in a Multilingual Community

Loanwords

HAWAIIAN LOANWORDS

ONE HUNDRED EIGHT HAWAIIAN WORDS COMMONLY HEARD IN HAWAII'S ENGLISH

JAPANESE LOANWORDS

PORTUGUESE LOANWORDS

CHINESE LOANWORDS

LOANWORDS FROM LANGUAGES OF THE PHILIPPINES

SPANISH LOANWORDS

KOREAN LOANWORDS

LOANWORDS FROM OTHER LANGUAGES

Loanblends or Hybrid Compounds

SOME COMMON LOANBLENDS OF HAWAII

Glossary of Typical Island Expressions

THE GLOSSARY

across vs. across from

alphabet vs. letter

already vs. yet

anybody vs. everybody

any kind vs. every kind

attend to vs. attend

omission of the verb to be

bed clothes vs. night clothes, pajamas

been

before, before-time vs. earlier, formerly.

below of vs. below, under

bla, blala vs. brother

blad

blast vs. very good

borrow vs. use

broke vs. torn, tear

burn firecrackers, play firecrackers vs. shoot firecrackers, set off firecrackers

but (at end of utterance) vs. though

bumbye, bymby vs. after a while

catch vs. get

chance vs. turn

Chee! or Shee! vs. Gee!

Christmas tree vs. poinsettia

close the light and open the light vs. turn out the light and turn on the light

clean the yard vs. cut the grass

come outside vs. come, become

Cool head main thing vs. Don't panic! or Keep calm

corns vs. corn on the cob

crack seed vs. cracked seed or see mui

cut, took vs. the causative form of the verb

down vs. to

Easy!

eye-glass vs. spectacles or glasses

-fellow as a suffix

few vs. a few

find for vs. look for

fire (vb.) vs. burn

for vs. to

for why vs. why

from before, from when vs. before, when

Geev um! vs. Give 'em the works! or Give 'em hell!

get vs. have

get down vs. get out of

glass cup vs. drinking glass, water glass, glass

go, goin' vs. standard auxiliaries for future tense

go for broke vs. make the greatest effort, go all-out

-guys vs. and his (her) pals

-half vs. and a half

hard, 'Ass why hard! vs. It's terrible! Pity me!

humbug vs. troublesome (adj.), nuisance (n.)

hybolic vs. pompous, bombastic

inside vs. in, into

junks vs. junk, things

kaukau vs. food, eat

kind, da kine vs. this kind of

lawn-mow‚ lawn-mower vs. cut, mow

level vs. straight along

like vs. want to, want

local vs. from Hawaii

look-see vs. look

mails vs. letters

make vs. become or behave

make quick vs. hurry

meat vs. beef

minor vs. it's nothing

more better vs. better

much vs. many

never vs. didn't, haven't, etc.

news vs. new things.

… no? … yeah? vs. … isn't it? … is it?

no vs. not: no can vs. cannot

no big thing vs. not important

no more vs. no, not

no more nothing vs. nothing else

number one vs. the best, the most

omission of of

on vs. in, at

on top vs. on

one vs. a, each

or what vs. or about that

package vs. paper sack

pear vs. avocado

pickaninny vs. small

pine vs. pineapple

plenty vs. many

poke vs. injection or prick

pull down vs. lose weight

-quarter vs. and a quarter

rascal vs. mischievous

reach down, hit down vs. arrive at

refreshments vs. soft drinks

sabe, savvy vs. understand, know how to

saimin

scare vs. afraid

shaka, shakka vs. right on! that's great!

shame vs. bashful

shave ice vs. shaved ice

down-side, top-side vs. below, above, on top of

slangs vs. slang words

sleep late vs. go to bed late

small-little vs. small

soft vs. careful, gentle

some vs. very

sore vs. aching, sensitive

spark vs. see

stay vs. forms of to be

step vs. step on

stop vs. remain

stuff, stuffs vs. thing, things

suck wind, suck vs. go hungry, go without

talk vs. tell

tell vs. repeat or say

That's OK, That's all right vs. Thank you, No, thank you

the pretty, the good vs. the pretty flower, the good cookie, etc.

-them vs. and her friends, and others

throw out vs. throw up

till vs. to, as far as

-time vs. at the time when, at the time of

tired for vs. too tired to or too bored to

omission of to

too much vs. very much or very many

try vs. please

used to to vs. used to, accustomed to

wait a while vs. wait a minute, just a second

waste-time vs. boring, useless

wen + verb vs. standard preterit and present perfect tenses

what vs. that

Wassa madda you? Assa madda you? vs. What's the matter with you?

wile vs. be angry, punish.

word order in certain questions

… yeah? vs. … is it?

Analysis of the Glossary

In Conclusion

Technical Terms Defined

Bibliography

Index to Loanwords

General Index

About this Book

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 175-179.

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ISBN:

0-8248-8124-9

OCLC:

1053882986

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access