Topic > Analysis of “Voices United in One Language” by Lisa Kanae

Languages ​​are formed through a structure of sounds in a way that the structure of college is formed. By putting a sentence together, you can form an image very similar to the collage pieces put together to form an idea. From a Sista Tongue page “Garrans da haole tourist at da haole tourist in the same account will pay more money to rent a car. Despite its widespread use as a marker of local identity, HCE also has a negative connotation.” (Kanae) are located on a page next to each other. A person may have difficulty forming the words of their native language and their identity may feel weak. The lines that cut across Lisa Kanae's words may represent that broken identity. This can be demonstrated by a quote "Reinecke points out that the formation of a creole language satisfied the need for a 'means of communication between numbers of non-English speaking groups' (qtd in Kanae), the line cuts between 'formation of a' and 'creole language' and the word 'communication' is cut in the middle to fit on another line. This shows in visual form the meaning of Lisa Kanae's message that the Creole language is composed of several languages: English, Cantonese and Hawaiian, to form a single language. This form of collage also emphasizes certain words and phrases. It's very similar to the way bilingual people code-switch from one language to another. I often switch between English and Cantonese with my parents to convey my message in a similar way to Lisa's collage