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Author : Lorrin Andrews
Release : 1865
Genre : English Language--dictionaries--hawaiian
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Book Synopsis A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language by : Lorrin Andrews
Download or read book A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language written by Lorrin Andrews. This book was released on 1865. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Kawena Pukui
Release : 1986-03-01
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Book Synopsis Hawaiian Dictionary by : Mary Kawena Pukui
Download or read book Hawaiian Dictionary written by Mary Kawena Pukui. This book was released on 1986-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, Hawaiian Dictionary has been the definitive and authoritative work on the Hawaiian language. Now this indispensable reference volume has been enlarged and completely revised. More than 3,000 new entries have been added to the Hawaiian-English section, bringing the total number of entries to almost 30,000 and making it the largest and most complete of any Polynesian dictionary. Other additions and changes in this section include: a method of showing stress groups to facilitate pronunciation of Hawaiian words with more than three syllables; indications of parts of speech; current scientific names of plants; use of metric measurements; additional reconstructions; classical origins of loan words; and many added cross-references to enhance understanding of the numerous nuances of Hawaiian words. The English Hawaiian section, a complement and supplement to the Hawaiian English section, contains more than 12,500 entries and can serve as an index to hidden riches in the Hawaiian language. This new edition is more than a dictionary. Containing folklore, poetry, and ethnology, it will benefit Hawaiian studies for years to come.
Author : Kahikāhealani Wight
Release : 2005
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary by : Kahikāhealani Wight
Download or read book Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary written by Kahikāhealani Wight. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new pocket edition is an ideal resource for beginning speakers and students of the Hawaiian language or anyone interested in Hawaiian language, history, and culture. Illustrated with line drawings, it includes over 5,000 entries in Hawaiian and English, an additional 2,500 synonyms and related words and phrases, grammar notes, and thousands of example sentences in both Hawaiian and English that illustrate practical and cultural uses of the language.
Author : Albert J. Schütz
Release : 2020-05-31
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Hawaiian Language by : Albert J. Schütz
Download or read book Hawaiian Language written by Albert J. Schütz. This book was released on 2020-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, Hawaiian Language: Past, Present, Future presents aspects of Hawaiian and its history that are rarely treated in language classes. The major characters in this book make up a diverse cast: Dutch merchants, Captain Cook’s naturalist and philologist William Anderson, ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia (the inspiration for the Hawaiian Mission), the American lexicographer Noah Webster, philologists in New England, missionary-linguists and their Hawaiian consultants, and many minor players. The account begins in prehistory, placing the probable origins of the ancestor of Polynesian languages in mainland Asia. An evolving family tree reflects the linguistic changes that took place as these people moved east. The current versions are examined from a Hawaiian-centered point of view, comparing the sound system of the language with those of its major relatives in the Polynesian triangle. More recent historical topics begin with the first written samples of a Polynesian language in 1616, which led to the birth of the idea of a widespread language family. The next topic is how the Hawaiian alphabet was developed. The first efforts suffered from having too many letters, a problem that was solved in 1826 through brilliant reasoning by its framers and their Hawaiian consultants. The opposite problem was that the alphabet didn’t have enough letters: analysts either couldn’t hear or misinterpreted the glottal stop and long vowels. The end product of the development of the alphabet—literacy—is more complicated than some statistics would have us believe. As for its success or failure, both points of view, from contemporary observers, are presented. Still, it cannot be denied that literacy had a tremendous and lasting effect on Hawaiian culture. The last part of the book concentrates on the most-used Hawaiian reference works—dictionaries. It describes current projects that combine print and manuscript collections on a searchable website. These projects can include the growing body of manuscript and print material that is being made available through recent and ongoing research. As for the future, a proposed monolingual dictionary would allow users to avoid an English bridge to understanding, and move directly to a definition that includes Hawaiian cultural features and a Hawaiian worldview.
Author : Lorrin Andrews
Release : 1922
Genre : English language
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Book Synopsis A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language by : Lorrin Andrews
Download or read book A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language written by Lorrin Andrews. This book was released on 1922. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
