Pocket Hawaiian Grammar: A Reference Grammar in Dictionary Form Including a Pronunciation Guide Available to Purchase

This pocket sized reference guide to the Polynesian language of Hawai‘i is unusual, and welcome for being so. Grammatical rules in Hawaiian are presented in alphabetical order to make it easy to find grammatical terms in English and in Hawaiian, with plentiful illustrations of usage. There is a clear guide to pronunciation. The unprecedented format of this remarkable grammar, strange at first sight, sheds revealing light on the structure of Hawaiian, on its complexities and quirks, and on how the language has been analysed, recorded, and taught over almost two centuries.

Of an earlier draft (19 March 2003) the late...