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Category Archives: Pacific Islands
53. The South Pacific and Someone’s Restaurant at the End of the Universe
This piece was written while I was a lecturer in linguistics at the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji from 1987 to 1990. Now it is 2011, but not so much has really changed in the Pacific for its … Continue reading
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