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Language and Social Justice in Context

Hawaiʻi as a Case Study

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Authors:
  1. Scott Saft

    1. College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, USA

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  • Examines the possibilities of attaining linguistic social justice in Hawai'i
  • Demonstrates the positive long-term effects of exposure to multiple languages
  • Considers how educational initiatives to promote 'sociolinguistic justice' may be applied

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 1-55

  3. American Colonialism, Resistance, and the Linguistic Landscape in Hawaiʻi

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 57-111

  4. Barriers to and Promises of a Strong Hawaiian Language

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 113-163

  5. Pidgin: Overcoming Social Stigma

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 165-213

  6. “Filipino” and “Micronesian” as Categories of Immigrant Languages in Hawaiʻi

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 215-264

  7. Recognizing and Appreciating Translanguaging

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 265-300

  8. Linguistics as a Resource for Social Justice

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 301-334

  9. Conclusion: Toward a Public Multilingualism

    • Scott Saft
    Pages 335-347

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 349-380
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About this book

This book builds on recent research exploring the intersection between language and social justice, using the multilingual context of Hawai'i as a case study. The author offers a discourse-centered approach, providing analyses of actual instances of language use, and argues that the wide range of languages in Hawai'i - Hawaiian, Pidgin, Japanese, Chinese, Tagalog, Ilocano, Marshallese, and Chuukese, as well as the phenomenon of language mixing - all have a significant contribution to make to society. The book also draws on language acquisition research demonstrating positive long-term effects of exposure to multiple languages, and makes the case for educational approaches that foster multilingual abilities among the young members of society. This book will be relevant for academics interested in the intersection of language and social justice and languages in Hawaiʻi, but it should also be of interest to undergraduate and especially graduate students in sociolinguistics, language revitalization and language documentation, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, and pragmatics. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, USA

    Scott Saft

About the author

Scott Saft is Professor of Linguistics in the College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language and Social Justice in Context

  • Book Subtitle: Hawaiʻi as a Case Study

  • Authors: Scott Saft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91251-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91250-5Published: 09 February 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91253-6Published: 09 February 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91251-2Published: 08 February 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 380

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Language Policy and Planning, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics

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