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Fijian Language

Fijian Language is a standardized Austronesian language that serves as the primary medium of communication and cultural expression for the indigenous Fijian people, distinguished by its phonological, lexical, and grammatical structures within the Oceanic subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian branch.

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Publications

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The history of the Fijian languages

Lingua · 1984 · 286 citations

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<b>A grammar of Boumaa Fijian</b> . By R. M. W. Dixon Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. Pp. xviii, 375. Cloth $59.95, paper $26.95

Daniel L. Everett · Language · 1990 · 167 citations

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The Austronesian Homeland and Dispersal

Robert Blust · Annual Review of Linguistics · 2019 · 145 citations · Full text

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grog and gossip in Bhatgaon: style and substance in Fiji Indian conversation

Donald Brenneis · American Ethnologist · 1984 · 134 citations

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<b>Language contact in a plantation environment: A sociolinguistic history of Fiji</b> . By Jeff Siegel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. xiv, 305. Aus $101.00.

Jeffrey P. Williams · Language · 1988 · 131 citations

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Authors

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  1. NS
    Nikhat Shameem

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 106 citations

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  2. PG
    Paul Geraghty

    University of the South Pacific, Fiji

    4 publications · 124 citations

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  3. JT
    Jan Tent

    Macquarie University, Australia

    4 publications · 214 citations

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  4. MT
    Matt Tomlinson

    Monash University, Australia

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  5. MH
    Marianne Hundt

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 125 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of the South Pacific

    Suva, Fiji

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    67 citations

  2. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  3. University of New England

    Armidale, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    121 citations

  4. Fiji National University

    Suva, Fiji

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    176 citations

  6. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  7. Bowdoin College

    Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  8. Unitec Institute of Technology

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    4 publications · 414 citations

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  2. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 3 publications · 96 citations

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  3. World Englishes

    WE · 2 publications · 115 citations

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  4. Language Culture and Curriculum

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  5. Current Issues in Language Planning

    2 publications · 128 citations

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