Reid Ginoza at 01:37, 15 April 2006

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Jennifer Wada at 10:56, 8 March 2006

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The way a person spells a languaqe
indicates his respect for i t.
Evidently Tongan respect their
language more than many people
v i s i t i n g or living in Hawai'i respect
Hawaiian.
24/ Among the missionaries in
Hawai'i, Reverend Lyons was one who
did become very close to the Hawaiian
people. His t r a n s l a t i o n s of hymns
i n t o Hawaiian show an adaptation of
Hawaiian poetic thinking and lack the
grammatical errors found in the work
of some of the other missionaries.
His defense of the Hawaiian language
is a t r i b u t e to his concern for the
Hawaiian people and proof that there
were some of the missionary group who
were true to their higher i d e a l s.
^ 5 / The concept of sending
students to different countries was
especially apropos for a country such
as Hawai'i with i t s geographic and
c u l t u r a l isolations from the sources
of world power. The concept might
have also been effectively applied
i n t e r n a l l y by the establishment of a
policy of having different schools
taught through the medium of different
foreign languages. Such a policy
would not only have produced a
population with increased a b i l i t y to
function within the international
sphere, but would also have served to
protect the position of the indigenous
language, since qraduates from
d i f f e r e n t schools would share Hawaiian
as their only common language. This
policy could have been implemented in
Hawai'i f a i r l y early by encouraging
the French Catholics to e s t a b l i sh
schools using French as a l t e r n a t i v es
to the American-sponsored schools.
Later, when German and Japanese
i n t e r e s t s in Hawai'i became stronger,
they too could have been encouraged to
e s t a b l i s h schools of this sort in the
kingdom.
26/ At this point in Mr. Kimura's
t e x t , the following passage appears:
Despite this, it is s t i ll
Department of Education policy
to replace Hawaiian with English
for the one remaining
native-speakinq group of
children (on N i ' i h a u ) . The
children on this island are the
target of this policy which many
believed was being underscored
by the current head of the
Department of Education when she
called for the formulation of a
plan to "improve" education on
the island. Ni'ihau children
residing on the nearby island of
Kaua'i are already targets of a
federally financed SLEP program
that s p e c i f i c a l l y aims toward
the replacement of Hawaiian with
English.
It is included as a footnote
because there was not time to receive
a response from the head of the
Department of Education prior to the
Commission's printing deadline.
27/ Derek Bickerton and Carol
Odo, General Phonology and Pidgin
Syntax--Volume I of Three Volumes of
Change and Variation in Hawaiian
English, Final Report on National
Science Foundation Grant No.
GS-39748, Typescript (Honolulu:
Social Sciences and Linguistics
I n s t i t u t e , University of Hawaii,
1976). See, also, Derek Bickerton and
William Wilson, "Pidgin Hawaiian," in
Pidgin and Creole Languages: Essays
in Memory of John E. Reinecke, ed, by
Glenn Gilbert (in p r e s s ).
28/ Hawaiian has not been the only
target of language extermination in
Hawai'i. There are no communities
anywhere in Hawai'i outside Ni'ihau
where children born in the islands
grow up speaking a language other than
some form of English as their
strongest and primary tongue. This
includes the native languages of such
large immigrant groups as the
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 The way a person spells a languaqe
-indicates his respect for i t.
+indicates his respect for it.
 Evidently Tongan respect their
 language more than many people
-v i s i t i n g or living in Hawai'i respect
+visiting or living in Hawai'i respect
 Hawaiian.
 / Among the missionaries in
 Hawai'i, Reverend Lyons was one who
 did become very close to the Hawaiian
-people. His t r a n s l a t i o n s of hymns
+people. His translations of hymns
-i n t o Hawaiian show an adaptation of
+into Hawaiian show an adaptation of
 Hawaiian poetic thinking and lack the
 grammatical errors found in the work
 of some of the other missionaries.
 His defense of the Hawaiian language
-is a t r i b u t e to his concern for the
+is a tribute to his concern for the
 Hawaiian people and proof that there
 were some of the missionary group who
-were true to their higher i d e a l s.
+were true to their higher ideals.
-^ 5 / The concept of sending
 students to different countries was
 especially apropos for a country such
-as Hawai'i with i t s geographic and
+as Hawai'i with its geographic and
-c u l t u r a l isolations from the sources
+cultural isolations from the sources
 of world power. The concept might
 have also been effectively applied
-i n t e r n a l l y by the establishment of a
+internally by the establishment of a
 policy of having different schools
 taught through the medium of different
 foreign languages. Such a policy
 would not only have produced a
-population with increased a b i l i t y to
+population with increased ability to
 function within the international
 sphere, but would also have served to
 protect the position of the indigenous
 language, since qraduates from
-d i f f e r e n t schools would share Hawaiian
+different schools would share Hawaiian
 as their only common language. This
 policy could have been implemented in
-Hawai'i f a i r l y early by encouraging
+Hawai'i fairly early by encouraging
-the French Catholics to e s t a b l i sh
+the French Catholics to establish
-schools using French as a l t e r n a t i v es
+schools using French as alternatives
 to the American-sponsored schools.
 Later, when German and Japanese
-i n t e r e s t s in Hawai'i became stronger,
+interests in Hawai'i became stronger,
 they too could have been encouraged to
-e s t a b l i s h schools of this sort in the
+establish schools of this sort in the
 kingdom.
 / At this point in Mr. Kimura's
-t e x t , the following passage appears:
+<u>26</u>/ At this point in Mr. Kimura's
-Despite this, it is s t i ll
+text, the following passage appears:
 Department of Education policy
-to replace Hawaiian with English
+: Despite this, it is still Department of Education policy to replace Hawaiian with English for the one remaining native-speaking group of children (on Ni'ihau). The children on this island are the target of this policy which many believed was being underscored by the current head of the Department of Education when she called for the formulation of a plan to "improve" education on the island. Ni'ihau children residing on the nearby island of Kaua'i are already targets of a federally financed SLEP program that specifically aims toward the replacement of Hawaiian with English.
 for the one remaining
 It is included as a footnote
 because there was not time to receive
@@ Line 74: / Line 60: @@
 Department of Education prior to the
 Commission's printing deadline.
 / Derek Bickerton and Carol
-Odo, General Phonology and Pidgin
+<u>27</u>/ Derek Bickerton and Carol
 Syntax--Volume I of Three Volumes of
 Change and Variation in Hawaiian
-English, Final Report on National
+English</u>, Final Report on National
 Science Foundation Grant No.
 GS-39748, Typescript (Honolulu:
 Social Sciences and Linguistics
-I n s t i t u t e , University of Hawaii,
+Institute, University of Hawaii,
 ). See, also, Derek Bickerton and
 William Wilson, "Pidgin Hawaiian," in
 Pidgin and Creole Languages: Essays
 in Memory of John E. Reinecke, ed, by
-Glenn Gilbert (in p r e s s ).
+Glenn Gilbert (in press).
 / Hawaiian has not been the only
 target of language extermination in
 Hawai'i. There are no communities
@@ Line 98: / Line 86: @@
 includes the native languages of such
 large immigrant groups as the
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