Speakers

Kent Sakoda

Kent Sakoda was born and raised on Kaua‘i. He teaches a course about Pidgin (SLS 430) in the Dept. of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He previously served as the acting director of the Charlene Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole, & Dialect Studies and presently serves as its Pidgin specialist/consultant and outreach
facilitator. He is also co-author of a book entitled Pidgin Grammar: An Introduction to the Creole Language of Hawai‘i.

Sessions

Japanese in Hawai‘i

The History of Japanese Immigration to Hawai‘i and the Influence of Nihongo on Hawaiian Pidgin English

Immigration from Japan to Hawai‘i began nearly 130 years ago, and ethnic Japanese constitute one of the largest groups in Hawai‘i’s multicultural ohana. This opening...

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