Andrew Pawley is Head of the Department of Linguistics at the Australia National University, Australia. His research interests include Austronesian and Papuan languages and cultures, the prehistory of Pacific Island peoples, folk taxonomies and ethnobiology, lexicography, phraseology and idiomaticity. The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number is unknown. ... Taxonomy (from Greek ταξινομία (taxinomia) from the words taxis = order and nomos = law) may refer to either the classification of things, or the principles underlying the classification. ... Ethnobiology is the study of the past and present interrelationships between human cultures and the plants, animals, and other organisms in their environment, including relationships with ecosystems as a whole. ... Lexicography is either of two things Practical lexicography is the art or craft of writing dictionaries. ... In linguistics it describes the context in which a word is used. ...

He was born in Tazmania but moved to New Zealand at the age of 12. Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Area 90,758 km² (7th)  - Land 68,401 km²  - Water 22,357 km² (24. ...

References

• Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australia National University (http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/pawla_ling.php)