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- medium: The sign is printed on a metal sign right off the side of the road.
- domain: The context of the sign is that there is an ahupua’a in Kāne’ohe.
- audience: The sign is intended for people who are driving by the sign. It is mainly intended for nonlocals and tourists.
- function: The sign is informing people who are not familiar with the island that an ahupua’a is nearby the area that the sign is located.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is Hawaiian.
The word ahupua’a is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
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Kaneohe
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- medium: The sign is printed on a metal sign at the entrance of the S.W. King Intermediate School.
- domain: The context of the sign is ‘Ōlelo community media in Kāne’ohe.
- audience: The sign is intended for the people who are driving by the school’s entrance to see and also for the students who are involved or planning on getting involved with ‘Ōlelo.
- function: The sign is trying to inform people where the ‘Ōlelo media takes place on campus and also to inform people who are driving by that the intermediate school is involved with ‘Ōlelo community media.
- language: The language that is more dominant on the sign is English because there is more of it present but there are also a couple Hawaiian words.
The word ‘Ōlelo means “word, language, talk” in Hawaiian.
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