Thesis (D. Ed.)--University of South Africa, 2002.

This thesis describes the form and function of verb stem alternations (VSAs) in Vaiphei, a Kuki-Chin (KC) language belonging to the larger Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. In the existing literature on Vaiphei and Kuki-Chin verb stem alternations, there is no treatment of the form and function of Vaiphei verb stem alternations and how they may be used in classifying Vaiphei in the broader Northern Kuki-Chin language family. I document the form and function of Vaiphei verb stem alternations, showing how these compare to other Northern Kuki-Chin languages and where to classify Vaiphei in Northern Kuki-Chin. Participants were selected based on their knowledge of Vaiphei and English and their access to the internet. These subjects participated by completing questionnaires translating English sentences into Vaiphei. Data was collected using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platforms such as Skype and WhatsApp. Vaiphei VSAs showed a strong similarity to other Northern KC languages, with forms identical to VSAs in Sizang. Functions of VSAs were largely similar to other Northern KC languages, including valency changes, subordination, nominalizations, and subject focus. Grammaticalization of the verb piak "to give" into a benefactive morpheme, however, shows an innovation in the Vaiphei VSA system.

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Thesis (doctoral)--Charles University, Prague, 1974. / Letter from the author dated 30th October 1985, including errata inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-488) and index.

abstract: In the former British colony of Malaya, communism is a controversial subject that often invites significant scrutiny from government officials and pro-British scholars who describes the radical movement as a foreign conspiracy to dominate the small Southeast Asian nation. The primary goal of this thesis, therefore, is to reinterpret and revise the current established history of Malayan communism in a chronological and unbiased manner that would illustrate that the authoritative accounts of the movement was not only incomplete but was also written with explicit prejudice. The secondary goal of this thesis is to argue that the members of the Malayan Communist Party were actually nationalists who embraced leftist ideology as a means to fight against colonialism. By examining the programs and manifestoes issued by the Party over the years, it is clear that the communists were in fact had been arguing for social reforms and independence rather than a Russian-style proletarian revolution. This research scrutinizes the authoritative texts written by Cold War-era scholars such as Gene Hanrahan as well as newly published historical analysis of the period by Cheah Boon Kheng in addition to memoirs of surviving members of the Party such as Chin Peng and Abdullah C.D. The evidence indicates that early understandings of the Malayan communist movement were heavily influenced by Cold War paranoia and that over time it had become the accepted version of history. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. History 2011

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University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences / Department of History

Student Number : 9000040F - M Dentistry research report - Faculty of Health Sciences / This study assessed the sagittal soft-tissue changes of the lower lip and chin area in 22 patients subsequent to mandibular autorotation following surgical vertical impaction of the maxilla. A subgroup of six patients in addition had undergone advancement genioplasty procedures. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were taken immediately prior to surgery and on average 15 months following surgery. Sixteen cephalometric landmarks were identified on each radiograph and these were digitized using a Kontron Videoplan Image Analysis System to enable differences reflecting changes to be assessed. The comparison between those cases that had had maxillary elevation only and the six cases that had received additional advancement genioplasty procedures revealed statistically significant differences in relation to the proportional changes in the chin area. Therefore, when studying the soft-tissue chin changes following mandibular autorotation, these six patients were excluded from the sample. It was found that there was no significant difference in the lower lip response between the two groups and therefore when studying the lower lip changes, the two groups could be pooled. The soft-tissue changes in the chin area showed statistically and clinically significant correlations. In the horizontal plane, a ratio of 0.9:1 was found for the changes between sulcus inferior and point B, between soft-tissue pogonion and hard-tissue pogonion, and between soft-tissue gnathion and hard-tissue gnathion. In the vertical dimension, soft-tissue gnathion followed hard-tissue gnathion in a ratio of 0.9:1, whereas soft-tissue menton followed hardtissue menton in a ratio of 1:1. In the study of the lower lip response, a significant correlation with a ratio of 1:1 existed for the horizontal change in the lower lip as measured at labrale inferius relative to both lower incisor tip and lower incisor anterius. In the vertical dimension, stomion inferius followed lower incisor anterius in a ratio of 1.3:1, while labrale inferius followed lower incisor anterius in a ratio of 1.5:1. Multiple regression analyses revealed that presurgical tissue thickness exerted no influence upon the strength of the correlations between changes expressed at corresponding soft- and hard-tissue landmarks located in the lower lip and soft-tissue chin area. Based on the findings of this study, it is suggested that the soft-tissue to hard-tissue ratios may be applied to prediction tracings with enhanced confidence. As a result, the tracings will reflect a more accurate prediction of the lower lip and soft-tissue chin positions following autorotation of the mandible.

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [95-102] ).