At the very heart of variationist Sociolinguistics is the notion that language has an underlying structure, and that this structure varies according to external linguistic variables such as age, gender, social class, community membership, nationality, and so on. Specifically, this study examines variation in initial and final segments, as well as sentence final particles in Cantonese in Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR). Results of this study indicate that external linguistic constraint categories play a role in the realization of how and when initial and final segments, as well as sentence final particles are used in Macau Cantonese. Finally, this dissertation illustrates that pragmatic functions in the systematic use of linguistic variables requires explanations that draw from variationist sociolinguistic research that has an ethnographic and interpretive basis. / Linguistics / M.A. (Sociolinguistics)

At the very heart of variationist Sociolinguistics is the notion that language has an underlying structure, and that this structure varies according to external linguistic variables such as age, gender, social class, community membership, nationality, and so on. Specifically, this study examines variation in initial and final segments, as well as sentence final particles in Cantonese in Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR). Results of this study indicate that external linguistic constraint categories play a role in the realization of how and when initial and final segments, as well as sentence final particles are used in Macau Cantonese. Finally, this dissertation illustrates that pragmatic functions in the systematic use of linguistic variables requires explanations that draw from variationist sociolinguistic research that has an ethnographic and interpretive basis. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M.A. (Sociolinguistics)

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-84).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-84). Also available in print.

Orientador: Omar Ribeiro Thomaz / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T23:41:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santos_MairaSimoesClaudinodos_M.pdf: 8093452 bytes, checksum: 016e8071e351c05a10addffeb0ba698d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Tendo como ponto de partida um trabalho de natureza etnográfica realizado na Casa de Macau em São Paulo, procuramos recuperar aqui a experiência de macaenses que abandonaram esta cidade na China e imigraram para São Paulo entre 1953 e 1977. A partir de narrativas sobre sua história individual e sobre as particularidades de Macau, e dialogando com relatos de macaenses no Rio de Janeiro, Lisboa e Macau, e com parte da historiografia contemporânea sobre Macau, pretendemos discutir de um lado as dinâmicas idenditárias deste grupo tendo a diáspora como referência, e de outro a forma como um pequeno grupo reage a mudanças tão profundas do seu entorno reinventando continuamente um universo de tradições. Na relação direta com os macaenses em entrevistas, conversas e registro de histórias de vida, pretendeu-se perceber histórias pouco conhecidas de Macau: aquelas que dizem respeito à saída sucessiva de grupos e famílias de macaenses em função das crises que marcaram o enclave desde meados do século XIX / Abstract: Considering the ethnographical work conducted in the Casa de Macau in São Paulo, we shall retrace here the experience of these people that abandoned their city in China and immigrate to São Paulo between 1953 and 1977. We intend to discuss both the identity dynamics of this group, with the diaspora as reference, and how this group reacts to the changes around them and continually reinvent a universe of traditions. In order to do that our research considered the narratives of their individual story (Macanese in São Paulo)and some reports of Macanese from Rio de Janeiro, Lisboa and Macao, Macao¿s singularities itself, and the contemporary historiography on it. From direct contact with interviews, talks and reports of life stories, we wanted to understand some unknown stories of Macao: those that concern to the successive movements of families leaving it due to the crises that has marked that enclave since the middle of the XIX century / Mestrado / Mestre em Antropologia Social

published_or_final_version / Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts

The hypothesis put forward in this thesis is that tourism can be the agent for the sustainable conservation and development of the valuable legacy of colonial built heritage by capitalizing on its tangible and intangible assets. The key variable is the recognition of the intrinsic value of both iconic and non-iconic properties and sites that constitute the extrinsic value of the cultural attractions of the tourism destination. The research problem is concerned with assessing the impact of contemporary tourism development on these attractions and identifying the issues affecting preservation and realization of asset potential. The research aims to support the collaboration between tourism professionals and cultural heritage stakeholders committed to resolving issues and problems for the destination identified within the stages of the tourism destination's life cycle of evolution (Butler, 1980).

Thesis (M.S.)--Calvary Theological Seminary, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [73-75]).

published_or_final_version / Comparative Literature / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Thesis (M.S.)--Calvary Theological Seminary, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [73-75]).