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There is a strand of work in the Austronesian literature claiming that the syntactic category distinctions familiar from Indo-European are lacking in certain languages belonging to this family. On the other hand, Baker (2005) claims that... more
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      Syntax/SemanticsAustronesian LanguagesSyntaxLinguistics
The Fijian language forbids coda consonants and consonant clusters, allowing a vowel to be inserted in English loanwords. Copy epenthesis is a repair strategy that is observed in Fijian loanword adaptation. The issue addressed here is... more
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      PhonologyTheoretical LinguisticsFijian Languages
Ivakamacala taumada Ena dua na vakadidike ka rau vakayacora o Garibaldi kei Turner (2004, p. 1, 5) erau a vakaraitaka kina ni dau tiko eso na mataqali kau ka nodra itavi me ra dau vukea na kena vakaqaqacotaki kei na kena mareqeti na... more
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      Self and IdentityIdentity (Culture)Fijian LanguagesKava (yaqona)
This paper examines the factors that determine epenthetic vowel quality of English loanword into Fijian. It is argued that epenthetic vowel quality in Fijian loanwords can be explained by the Theory of Constraints and Repair Strategies... more
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      PhonologyLinguisticsFijian Languages
This paper is a preliminary report on a sociolinguistic field survey. It records the beliefs which 834 permanent residents of Suva, Fiji had about their own language and literacy skills in 1988-89. The interview subjects were selected... more
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      Discourse AnalysisSociologyAnthropologyLiteracy
This essay addresses the vexed questions of provenance and authenticity of objects that have been collected and made accessible for study. It calls for an exploration of the way in which these have often been uncritically accepted solely... more
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      Fijian LanguagesMuseology, Archaeology, History, AnthropologyFiji TraditionFiji Islands
Kennedy (2009) distinguishes between implicit and explicit comparison (IC/EC): IC is exemplified by ‘Compared to John, Mary is tall’, and EC is of form, ‘Mary is taller than John’. Kennedy goes on to ask whether there are IC-only... more
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      Semantics/PragmaticsAustronesian LanguagesLinguisticsFijian Languages
This research proposal presents the purpose and its value of the topic mentioned above on Fiji's Chinese Language Teaching current situation and investigation research. This is the first draft written for the research proposal. The... more
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      Chinese Language and CultureFijian LanguagesTeaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second LanguageUniversity of the South Pacific
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      Coastal ManagementIndigenous KnowledgeFijian LanguagesIndigenous ecological knowledges and practices
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      SociologyLanguages and LinguisticsSociolinguisticsLinguistics