The vocabulary of Fiji English is one of its most distinguishing features.
English has a profound influence upon the lives of all Fiji Islanders — it is
the principal language of government, the judiciary, education and commerce.
This paper examines some of the sources and features of the Fiji
English lexis, the most common of which include: borrowings, reborrowings,
calques, new coinages, semantic shifts, archaisms, and hybrid compounds.
It also outlines some of the lexical affinities with and divergences
from other varieties of English.