Questions for Native Hawaiian Culture reading
Instructions: Make sure to address the following questions completely.
1. Explain the origins of the Hawaiian language according to the oral traditions. Is Hawaiian its own language or a dialect of another language? Explain the "Chant of Kuali'i" and its meaning.
2. Within the Hawaiian language, are there substantial or minimal differences in dialects? Why or why not? Is there more than one Hawaiian language? Or are there only dialects of the one Hawaiian language? Which areas have the most contrast? Name some of these areas.
3. From a Hawaiian point of view, what factor gives the Hawaiian language its most important cultural function? And this factor is codified in what ‘saying' or phrase?
4. In reference to an interview by L. Kimura with a Native Hawaiian speaker, why happens when the interviewee's response is interpreted to English?
5. Does Hawaiian traditional belief agree or disagree with the linguists theories about the origins of the Hawaiian language? Explain why or why not?
Questions for Hawaiian Language Policy and the Courts reading
When did the missionaries arrive in Hawai'i from New England? Who employed them? What was the first written Hawaiian Language document?
What was the literacy rate in 1853?
What was the tolerance of languages in the Hawaiian Kingdom for most of the 1800s? please expand and explain this tolerance?
By the late 1800s, what changes in regards to Hawaiian or other languages besides English?
How were these changes achieved?
What takes place in the 1970s and 1980s? What challenges do these programs face?
Questions for Tsai, M Pondering Pidgin.pdf and immigration charts readings
What is HPE? Where are the roots of HPE traced to?
Which labor group was the first to arrive in 1852? What language did many in this group learn?
When was the crucial period for HPE?
What was the situation on the plantation in regards to housing?
Which two groups played a significant role in stabilizing HPE and establishing a foundation for HCE?
Which group strongly influenced the Pidgin? And for what reasons?
What role did the Portuguese have in the plantation system?
What is HCE? What is the difference from HPE?
Which system was established in 1924? Explain this system and its failure.
Give reasons for the erosion of HCE.16