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The world of talk on a Fijian islandBook 1993 • Arno, Andrew
Lau Fijians • Oceania > Polynesia
This study is primarily an exploration of the communication system as an instrument of social inquiry and it provides a detailed ethnographic examination of conflict management on the small island of Yanuyanu in the southern Lau group of Fiji. Focusi...Personal names as narrative in Fijiarticle 1994 • Arno, Andrew
Lau Fijians • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a detailed study of personal names and naming practices on Moce Island in Fiji's southern Lau group. Arno analyzes a sample of almost 1,500 personal names that he collected in the early 1970s and describes their meaning, derivation, and the s...