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- Date: 2026-08-23 19:06:25
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John Dominic Lynch was an Australian-Vanuatuan linguist who specialised in the historical development of the Oceanic languages. He was a professor at the University of Papua New Guinea for over twenty years and elected its vice chancellor in 1986 before finishing his career at the University of the South Pacific in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Retiring at the end of 2007, he was made professor emeritus of his named chair in Pacific languages in a rare honour bestowed by the university. While at the University of the South Pacific, Lynch served as the director of the Pacific Languages Unit, an association dedicated to the research and promotion of languages in the Pacific. He also served as chief editor of Oceanic Linguistics for twelve years following the resignation of Byron Bender.
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