Academic Scientific JournalsCircumlocutions with the noun peopo ‘people’ in Hawai’i Creole English
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26881/bp.2020.1.01Keywords:
circumlocution, Hawai’i Creole English, second language acquisitionAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of circumlocutions with the noun peopo in Hawai’i Creole English from The Revelation of St. John Divine in the HCE Bible. These examples are contrasted with their equivalents from King James’ Bible. The main aim is to conduct a quantitative analysis of selected circumlocutions. Moreover, possible grammatical structures for circumlocutions are analysed.
Circumlocution is, in fact, an effective word formation process in Hawai’i Creole English since it allows its speakers to create new lexical items that can bridge lexical gaps in their lexicon.
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