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'O Faia Fa'atumua O Samoa Mai Tala O Le Vavau
Contributor(s): Simanu, 'Aumua Mata'itusi (Author), Papalii, Aumua Mataitusi Sima (Author)

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 ISBN: 0980045991     ISBN-13: 9780980045994
Publisher: National Foreign Langauge Resource Center
OUR PRICE: $23.75  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: May 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Oceanic & Australian Languages
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
- Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous
Dewey: 499.462
LCCN: 2011927250
Series: Nflrc Monographs
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 8.5" W x 11" L (1.38 lbs) 255 pages
Features: Bibliography
 
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Publisher Description:
More so than most other Polynesian languages, the Samoan language is highly stratified. The common spoken form of Samoan used among friends and peers, for example, would be inappropriate for public speaking at both traditional and non-traditional gatherings. At these kinds of events, Gagana Fa'aaloalo (Respect Language) and Gagana Fa'afailauga (Chiefly Language/Oratory) are used. Both of these speech registers interweave into the language references to Samoan history, genealogies, and, more recently, the Christian bible. The first book in this series, 'o si manu a ali'i, was written primarily to provide linguistic background for these registers. This second book, 'O Faia Fa'atumua o Samoa mai Tala o le Vavau, provides the core knowledge necessary to understand the high level of interplay in Samoan oratory between language and history.
 
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