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The Impact of Samoan Christian Churches on Samoan Language Competency and Cultural Identity
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Lesa, Fa'afetai – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Samoan culture is instituted and organized in part through the daily use of respectful behavior and words. These words carry the essence of "Gagana Faaaloalo," the Samoan Language of Respect (SLR). "Gagana Faaaloalo" is a way of speaking that combines linguistic and non-linguistic elements as a more elaborate and careful…
Descriptors: Human Dignity, Social Attitudes, Sociolinguistics, Christianity