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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
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045

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.