[PDF] An Introduction To Tuvaluan eBook

Author : Niko Besnier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 29,17 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134974728

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Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and growing Tuvaluan communities in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least well-documented languages of Polynesia. Tuvaluan pays particular attention to discourse and sociolinguistics factors at play in the structural organization of the language.

Author : Philip Ells
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,45 MB
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0753547856

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How does a young City lawyer end up as the People's Lawyer of the fourth-smallest country in the world, 18,000 kilometres from home? We've all thought about getting off the treadmill, turning life on its head and doing something worthwhile. Philip Ells dreamed of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and palm trees, and he found these in the tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu. But neither his Voluntary Service Overseas briefing pack nor his legal training could prepare him for what happened there. He learned to deal with rapes, murders, incest, the unforgivable crime of pig theft and to look a shark in the eye. But he never dared ask the octogenarian Tuvaluan chief why he sat immobilised by a massive rock permanently resting on his groin.Well, you wouldn't, would you? This is the story of a UK lawyer colliding with a Pacific island culture. The fallout is moving, dramatic, bewildering and often hilarious.

Author : B. Turner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1595 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349595411

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Now in its 149th edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for accurate and reliable information on every country in the world. Covering political, economic, social and cultural aspects, the Yearbook is also available online for subscribing institutions: www.statesmansyearbook.com .

Author : B. Turner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1597 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1349596434

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Now in its 150th edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for accurate and reliable information on every country in the world. Covering political, economic, social and cultural aspects, the Yearbook is also available online for subscribing institutions: www.statesmansyearbook.com.

Author : Jennifer Corrin
Publisher : Routledge-Cavendish
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 1135390762

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Providing an overview of the origins and development of the law and legal systems in the South Pacific, the authors examine the framework of legal systems in the region and the operation of state and customary laws. Exploring, not only the legal system generally, but also the constitution and jurisdiction of state courts and legislative provisions of individual jurisdictions and cases, it contains individual chapters on substantive areas of law. They cover: administrative law constitutional law contract law criminal law customary law family law land law tort law. Highlighting the distinguishing features of the substantive law in force in the South Pacific, this book is an essential resource for all those interested in the law of the South Pacific Islands region.