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Noelani Kong-Johnson

Noelani Kong-Johnson is a Ph.D. candidate in linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa and a graduate of Pūnana Leo o Kawaiahaʻo, Punahou School and Princeton University. Her research explores how Hawaiian-English bilingualism shapes the brain, with the goal of bringing Hawaiian into global conversations about bilingualism and neuroscience.
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What Happens In The Brain When People Grow Up Speaking Hawaiian And English? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

What Happens In The Brain When People Grow Up Speaking Hawaiian And English?

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Most research focuses on global languages like English, French or Chinese. Hawaiian voices have largely been left out.