Pidgin

Essay 3: Technology involvement in language In the book, Sista Tongue, Lisa Linn Kanae explores the struggles of growing up to learn the creole language of Hawaii, Pidgin. She tells her life story and her little brother through an academic and pidgin voice throughout the book. Language is the backbone for communications in our contemporary world. In the context of human history, language had evolved throughout time but technology has shown a significance advancement that contributed to human…

To be honest, I just learned a little bit Hawaiian history in a history class, so it is kind of a difficult topic for me to discuss about. However, I think there are both advantages and disadvantages of the westernization in Hawaii.I think the huge damage that Westernization left to Hawaii is the loss of their traditional culture. When Westerns came to Hawaii, they eventually brought disease that the Native Hawaiians had never had. Further, when sugar plantation started, people from different…

For decades, languages have been changed all the time, because of conquest, migration, trade and so on. Through those ways, speakers of one language would be brought into contacting with speakers who speak different languages. In some cases, people only borrow a few words from their own language to express their though; in others, a new language may be formed by people to communicate with each other. Therefore, different languages can have different outcomes. In China, this contact situation is…

In the coastals land of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, live the Gullah Geechee people. The Gullah culture is blend from various groups of people. People from the coast of west Africa to the low lands were captured and brought to the lower east coast of the United States to work as slaves. Most of the Gullahs’ ancestors came from Leone, Liberia, Angola, and Guinea Bissau. The word Gullah comes from a rice growing African tribe. This was the one of the Gullah Geechees’ specialized skilled,…

Hawaii is a home to many cultural groups from around the world: Filipino, Asian, Hawaiian, and Caucasian. However, there is a negative stigma around white people. When white missionaries first arrived in Hawaii, they tried to replace the cultures already developed within Hawaii with their own. As I was growing up, many local people still saw caucasians as people who wanted to change their culture. As a light skinned girl with blue eyes and blonde hair, I experienced this stigma first hand.…

Imagine an island where the ordinary is extraordinary. A luau, a glimpse of the aloha spirit that brings guest and islanders in a memorable setting. Experience what it means to have an Ohana; a unique extending love to everyone. Take part of the many adventures which are fun for all ages, whether a romantic getaway or a family vacation. When it comes to vacation destinations Hawaii is an unforgettable trip and worth the investment. Experience the rich cultural heritage of the Pacific Islands.…

Salikoko S. Mufwene investigated the relationship between colonialism, globalisation and the development of local languages. The objectives of his study include 1. To establish if languages are parasitic. 2. To find out the factors that lead to language extinction.3. To see how globalisation has endangered most languages in the world and Africa in particular. Some of the works used for this deep study include:Mualdhuster (1996),Crystal (2000),Dixon(1997),Brenziger, (1998),Renard (2001).These…

When one has power over another, one has the ability to make them feel isolated from a variety of experiences. The struggle between power and alienation is present in a wide range of human experiences. It takes a different form depending on the experience. The struggle can occur between a teacher and a student, and two different cultures. An example of this struggle, between a teacher and student, is displayed in the essay, “The Banking Method,” by Paulo Friere. The teacher is given the power…

The United States has had a reputation for being a country with racial diversity and tolerance. Throughout the years, the United States has been overall proud of the racial diversity. The country’s foundation was built upon the work of immigrants. However, as history shows, the the United States has treated incoming immigrants, and Americans of a different racial background in horrific manners. Throughout the years, people of a non white lineage are seen as the minority of a power thirsty…

The people that who were hard of hearing or deaf have relied on communicating with others through visual cues. People began to standardize signs, building a rich vocabulary and grammar that exists independently of any other language, while deaf community growing. If you got situation that you couldn’t hear or speak, so you can use sign language for that situation. Casual observer of a conversation conducted in sign language might describe it was graceful, dramatic, frantic, comic or angry…