Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. PART I. HISTORY
7. CHAPTER 1. Discovering Hawaiian’s Family Tree 3
8. CHAPTER 2. Polynesian Languages 24
9. CHAPTER 3. How Does Hawaiian Differ from Other Polynesian Languages? 43
10. PART II. THE ALPHABET
11. CHAPTER 4. Prelude to the Alphabet 59
12. CHAPTER 5. Dr. William Anderson: Forgotten Philologist 64
13. CHAPTER 6. 3s and 8s: The Unusual Alphabet of ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia and Ruggles 81
14. CHAPTER 7. How the Alphabet Changed from 1820 to 1826 99
15. CHAPTER 8. Missing Pieces: The Kahakō and the ‘Okina 122
16. PART III. THE EFFECTS OF WRITING
17. CHAPTER 9. Ka Palapala 141
18. CHAPTER 10. How Literacy Spread 173
19. PART IV. WORDS AND WORD BOOKS
20. CHAPTER 11. Words: Introduction 199
21. CHAPTER 12. Making New Words 211
22. CHAPTER 13. Borrowing 222
23. PART V. CHANGES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
24. CHAPTER 14. How Is Hawaiian Changing? 247
25. CHAPTER 15. Expanding Bilingual Dictionaries 274
26. CHAPTER 16. The Power in Words 300
27. References 329
28. Illustration Credits 349
29. Index 351