Who You Tink You, Talkin Propah? Hawaiian Pidgin Demarginalised

Marlow, Mikaela L.; Giles, Howard

doi:10.1080/17447140802153535

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“…The traditional distinction suggests a double awareness of two sets of standards, the prestige accorded by conventional social forces and the transgressive prestige of linguistic features used by certain speakers within the community which carry connotations of (traditionally masculine) 'bad boy' strength and affiliation (Gordon 1997). These may be accorded status as markers of ingroup loyalty (Marlow and Giles, 2008), and speakers who use covert prestige variants do not necessarily positively evaluate the overt prestige variant -as is indeed the case here. In this, our results differ from those of other attitude studies in which the most standard speakers are rated highly for 'competence', whereas other sociolects are rated for more human qualities like 'integrity', 'attractiveness', or more generally 'solidarity' (Preston 2004: 42).…”

Section: Discussion and Concluding Remarksmentioning

confidence: 59%

‘Il parle normal, il parle comme nous’: self-reported usage and attitudes in a banlieue

Secova

Gardner‐Chloros

Atangana

2018

French Language Studies

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We report on a survey of language attitudes carried out as part of a project comparing youth language in Paris and London.1As in similar studies carried out in London (Cheshire et al., 2008), Berlin (Wiese, 2009) and elsewhere (Boyd et al., 2015), the focus was on features considered typical of ‘contemporary urban vernaculars’ (Rampton, 2015).The respondents were pupils aged 15–18 in two secondary schools in a working-class northern suburb of Paris. The survey included (1) a written questionnaire containing examples of features potentially undergoing change in contemporary French; (2) an analysis of reactions to extracts from the project data: participants were asked to comment on the speakers and the features identified.Quantitative analysis had shown that some of these features are more widespread than others and are used by certain categories of speaker more than others (Gardner-Chloros and Secova, this volume). This study provides a qualitative dimension, showing that different features have different degrees of perceptual salience and acceptability. It demonstrates that youth varieties do not involve characteristic features being used as a ‘package’, and that such changes interact in a complex manner with attitudinal factors. The study also provides material for reflection on the role of attitude studies within sociolinguistic surveys.

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Section: Discussion and Concluding Remarksmentioning

confidence: 59%

‘Il parle normal, il parle comme nous’: self-reported usage and attitudes in a banlieue

Secova

Gardner‐Chloros

Atangana

2018

French Language Studies

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“…Hawai'i Creole (still referred to as Pidgin by most Locals) has traditionally been seen as a marker of both working-class and non-white identity in Hawai'i. This has led to an overall stigmatization and perception that it limits its speakers' socio-economic mobility (Eades et al 2006), views which persist to this day despite evidence that the language is widely used across many domains, including business meetings, formal education, advertising, and in casual conversation (Marlow & Giles 2008). …”

Section: Hawai'i Creole (Pidgin)mentioning

confidence: 97%

Styling Hawai‘i in Haole wood: White protagonists on a voyage of self discovery

Higgins

Furukawa

2012

Multilingua

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This article analyzes four Hollywood films set inHawai'i to shed light on how particular languages and language varieties style (Auer 2007; Coupland 2007) LocaltHawaiian and mainland U.S. characters as certain kinds of people. Through an analysis of films featuring haolt ('white, outsider') male protagonists who are on various journeys in Hawai'i, we analyze how cultural difference is constructed through divergent language choice, mock languages, and acts of linguistic bridging by quasi-Local characters. We draw upon Communication Accommodation Theory (Giles & Coupland 1991) to explain how linguistic divergence establishes dichotomous characterizations through language choice and other non-accommodating behaviors. As our analysis shows, Hollywood styling perpetuates Orientalist discourses (Said 1978) about 'whiteness' and 'nativeness' by dichotomizing Local and Hawaiian people, and by characterizing Local characters as largely antagonistic toward, outsiders. At the same time, the films attempt to avoid too close a linkage to colonialist discourses by establishing quasiLocal haole characters as linguistic 'buffers' who act as conduits for Hawaiian worldviews and Local knowledge, and who are styled linguistically as partially Local through their knowledge of Hawai'i Creole and Hawaiian.

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“…In a recent small-scale study by Marlow and Giles (2008), for example, Pidgin speakers on the island of Hawai'i claim that English should be spoken in educational settings and with superiors at work and that Pidgin should be reserved for interactions with family, friends, and co-workers. However, the same study provides ample evidence that the participants nevertheless use both English to Pidgin at work when it serves their communicative goals, such as establishing rapport with customers.…”

Section: Linguicism In Hawai'i: the Case Of Pidginmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…As the participants in Marlow and Giles (2008) indicate, locals use English alongside Pidgin within single conversational episodes, frequently code-switching based on perceived contextual constraints and/or for pragmatic effect. Other studies of Pidgin in actual use demonstrate similar findings, including Furukawa (2007), who provides examples of linguistic hybridity involving English, Pidgin, and other local languages, including mock Filipino, in stand-up comedy shows performed on O'ahu.…”

Section: Linguicism In Hawai'i: the Case Of Pidginmentioning

confidence: 98%