Pidgin is actually Hawai’i Creole English, a creole of English with elements of Hawaiian, Cantonese, and Portugese. This site will follow the example of linguist Kent Sakoda, and refer to the language as Pidgin, with a capital P (Sakoda 41).Īlthough an integral part of modern Hawaiian culture and identity, Pidgin is often overlooked or looked down up by linguists.
Rather, they are referring to a language. However, when linguists use the word pidgin, they aren’t referring to a large possibly vermin-infested bird that plagues large cities. When a person sees the word pidgin, it makes sense that their mind might immediately go to an image of a pigeon.
This site will focus on the linguistic analysis of the use of Pidgin in the novel Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois Ann Yamanaka.
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